TABLE 1 Number, Percent Distribution, Crude Marriage Rate, and Percent Change of Marriages by Region:
2004-2005
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2005 | 2004 |
Region -------------------------|--------------------------| Percent
(Place of Occurrence) Number Percent CMR | Number Percent CMR | Change
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Philippines 518,595 100.0 6.2 582,281 100.0 7.0 (10.9)
National Capital Region 82,830 16.0 7.4 92,921 16.0 8.4 (10.9)
Cordillera Administrative Region 9,708 1.9 6.2 10,868 1.9 7.1 (10.7)
I - Ilocos Region 32,356 6.2 7.2 36,022 6.2 8.1 (10.2)
II - Cagayan Valley 24,145 4.7 7.8 27,281 4.7 9.0 (11.5)
III - Central Luzon 67,605 13.0 7.8 72,861 12.5 8.6 (7.2)
IV-A - Calabarzon 67,042 12.9 6.6 76,800 13.2 7.7 (12.7)
IV-B - Mimaropa 14,119 2.7 5.7 17,684 3.0 7.3 (20.2)
V - Bicol Region 28,295 5.5 5.5 35,881 6.2 7.1 (21.1)
VI - Western Visayas 39,171 7.6 5.7 37,089 6.4 5.5 5.6
VII - Central Visayas 37,961 7.3 6.2 42,975 7.4 7.2 (11.7)
VIII - Eastern Visayas 16,333 3.1 3.9 24,823 4.3 6.1 (34.2)
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 15,440 3.0 4.9 18,399 3.2 5.9 (16.1)
X - Northern Mindanao 28,282 5.5 7.1 26,612 4.6 6.8 6.3
XI - Davao Region 23,600 4.6 5.8 26,496 4.6 6.6 (10.9)
XII - Soccsksargen 17,521 3.4 4.9 19,165 3.3 5.5 (8.6)
XIII - Caraga 11,623 2.2 4.8 13,780 2.4 5.8 (15.7)
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,564 0.5 0.8 2,624 0.5 0.9 (2.3)
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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division
Page last updated: May 20, 2008
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