QUICKSTAT

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REGION X - NORTHERN MINDANAO
April 2009

A monthly update of NSO's most requested statistics

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICES Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2008

Consumer Price Index (2000=100) 167.8 166.3 153.1
Inflation rate 9.6 9.2 7.4
Purchasing power of the peso 0.60 0.60 0.65
DOMESTIC TRADE 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr
(quantity in thousand tons; value in P1,000) 2008 2008 2007
Coastwise trade
Quantity 425,271 1,288,944 141,092
Value 9,681,420 12,411,881 3,469,582
Rail trade
Quantity - - -
Value - - -
Air trade
Quantity 278 283 231
Value 4,407 5,617 2,102
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LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (Source: LFS) Jan 2009 Oct 2008 Jan 2008
Labor force (in thousand) - - -
Labor force participation rate 68.3 71.6 69.5
Employment rate 95.7 95.8 94.7
Unemployment rate 4.3 4.2 5.3
Underemployment rate 27.2 21.3 29.7
CONSTRUCTION 3rd Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000) 2008 2008 2007
Total (number) 1,009 1,555 1,452
Total floor area 145,428 157,508 168,164
Value 951,525 822,721 907,311
Residential (number) 780 1,042 874
Total floor area 111,334 104,764 100,547
Value 600,484 551,423 530,347
Nonresidential (number) 77 119 71
Total floor area 32,273 46,156 59,157
Value 334,352 209,373 347,348
Additions (number) 48 22 11

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 Total floor area 1,821 6,588 8,460
Value 8,224 26,160 6,369
Alterations/repairs (number) 104 372 496
Value 8,464 35,764 23,245
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
(Sources: ASPBI) 2005 2003 2001
Number of establishments
(ASPBI with 20 or more workers)
Agriculture and forestry/Agriculture, hunting and forestry 45 48 56
Fishery/Fishing 1 6 5
Mining and quarrying - 6 -
Manufacturing 131 103 125
Electricity, gas, and water 26 24 23
Construction 23 21 24
Wholesale and retail trade 239 183 205
Hotels and restaurants 88 58 57
Transportation/Transport, storage and communications 36 36 41
Financial intermediation 25 15 50
Real estate/Real estate, renting and business activities 34 31 34
Education/Private education 91 77 78
Health/Health and social work 31 27 28
Other community, social and personal services 15 10 16
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (Source: FIES)
(in thousnad pesos, at current prices) 2006 2003 2000
Annual average family income 142 109 110
Annual average family expenditure 117 91 84
Annual average family saving 25 18 26
DEMOGRAPHY 2007 2000 1995 1990
Total population 3,952,437 2,747,585 2,483,272 2,197,554
Urban 1,112,405 - 1,383,946
Rural 1,635,180 - 2,125,807
Male 50.9% 50.8% 48.6%
Female 49.1% 49.2% 51.4%
0-14 years 38.7% 40.6% 41.8%
15-64 years 58.8% 56.3% 55.4%
65 years and over 3.5% 3.1% 2.9%
Density (persons per square kilometer) 196.0 177.0 140.7
Growth rate 1.67 2.19 2.32 2.22
Average household size 5.1 5.2 5.4
2010 2009 2008
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Population projection (medium assumption) 4,349,300 4,260,400 4,174,100
VITAL STATISTICS 2005 2004 2003
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Registered births n.a. 77,342 70,993
Male n.a. 40,156 37,093

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 Female n.a. 37,186 33,900
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Registered marriages 28,282 26,612 27,329

Registered deaths 2/ n.a. 15,550 15,038

Male n.a. 9,450 9,044
Female n.a. 6,100 5,944
2003 2002 2001
Infant deaths 735 737 775
2005 2004 2003
Fetal deaths 484 393 n.a.
2004 2003 2002
Maternal deaths 82 n.a. n.a.
2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005
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Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 25.1 26.5 27.6
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Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 6.0 6.3 6.9
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Crude rate of natural increase (per 1,000 population) 19.1 20.2 20.7
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Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 3.2 3.4 3.7
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Life expectancy at birth (in years)
Male 66.9 65.4 63.4
Female 72.1 70.6 68.6
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2006 2005 2004
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Modern method 39.9 44.5 36.3
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Traditional method 15.5 12.7 16.2
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS) 2003 1994 1989
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Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) - 94.6 90.5
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Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 83.7 83.4 76.5
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-Source: 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Population Projections.
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-Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
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-Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years.
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-Basic reading and writing skills.
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-Basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
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-Estimates are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using
the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
r
-Revised
p
-Preliminary
CPBI -Census of Philippine Business and Industry.
ASPBI -Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry.
n.a. -not yet available.