TABLE 4.  Number and Percent Distribution of Fetal Deaths by Legitimacy Status and by Region
          of Usual Residence of Mother: 2004

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                                                                                    Legitimacy
Region                                                      -----------------------------------
(Usual Residence of Mother)                         Total         Legitimate      Illegitimate
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                                         Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number  Percent
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Philippines                               8,935       100    6,256       100    2,679      100

National Capital Region                   1,935      21.7    1,111      17.8      824     30.8
Cordillera Administrative Region            134       1.5      108       1.7       26        1
I    - Ilocos Region                        603       6.7      466       7.4      137      5.1
II   - Cagayan Valley                       162       1.8      133       2.1       29      1.1
III  - Central Luzon                        649       7.3      471       7.5      178      6.6
IV-A - Calabarzon                         1,732      19.4    1,219      19.5      513     19.1
IV-B - Mimaropa                             257       2.9      192       3.1       65      2.4
V    - Bicol Region                         498       5.6      378         6      120      4.5
VI   - Western Visayas                      664       7.4      526       8.4      138      5.2
VII  - Central Visayas                      944      10.6      664      10.6      280     10.5
VIII - Eastern Visayas                      211       2.4      157       2.5       54        2
IX   - Zamboanga Peninsula                  211       2.4      152       2.4       59      2.2
X    - Northern Mindanao                    397       4.4      282       4.5      115      4.3
XI   - Davao Region                         230       2.6      175       2.8       55      2.1
XII  - Soccsksargen                         205       2.3      148       2.4       57      2.1
XIII - Caraga                                99       1.1       71       1.1       28        1
Autonomous Region in Musliom Mindanao         4                  3                  1        -

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

Page last updated:  March  13, 2008

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