FOR MOCK-UP-JPS NSO Volume 61 Number 4

Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

Volume 61 Number 4 Fourth Quarter 2010 Volume 61 Number 4 Fourth Quarter 2010

Feature Article: Statistics on Filipino Children Population & Housing >>Labor & Employment >>Travel & Tourism >>Social Welfare & Community Development >>Education & Culture >>Health, Nutrition & Vital Statistics >>Defense, Crime & Delinquency JPS ISSN 0022-3608 0022 -3603 A Quarterly Issue JOURNAL

OF PHILIPPINE

STATISTICS

VOLUME 61 NUMBER 4 FOURTH QUARTER 2010

Feature Article

Statistics on Filipino Children

Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE Manila

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III

NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE

CARMELITA N. ERICTA Administrator

PAULA MONINA G. COLLADO Deputy Administrator

ISSN 0022-3603

PREFACE

The Journal of Philippine Statistics (JPS) is a quarterly publication of the National Statistics Office (NSO) . It furnishes data users with statistical information on the socioeconomic development of the country in accordance with NSO’s mission of providing timely, accurate, and reliable information as bases for plans, policies and decisions, and as inputs to academic pursuits, researches, and development projects.

The statistical series contained in this publication are updated for continuity and for comparative analysis whenever possible. Tabular data usually cover two or more periods for maximum comparability.

This issue presents the latest available statistics on population and housing; labor and employment; travel and tourism; social welfare, and community development; education and culture; health, nutrition and vital statistics; and defense, crime and delinquency.

Featured in this issue are statistics on the Filipino children in pursuant to the celebration of the National Children’s Month. With this year’s theme – Bright Child: Proteksyon ng Bata, Pananagutan ng Bansa, the data compilation focuses on headway gains in relation to the safety and protection of the Filipino child.

Most of the statistics shown here were taken from surveys and censuses conducted by the NSO and other offices, as well as from administrative forms or records compiled by various agencies. Acknowledgment, therefore, is extended to all secondary data sources without whose cooperation and support, the consolidation of information and the publication of this journal would not have been possible.

Manila, Philippines December 2010

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Preface…...…………………………………………………………………………….. iii Contents…...…………………………………………………………………………….. v Statistical Tables…...……………………………………………………………………………..vii

Feature Article Statistics on Filipino Children ………………………………... …. 1

Section I - POPULATION AND HOUSING ……………………………… 26 Cagayan de Oro City Posts an Annual Population Growth Rate of 2.5 Percent (Results From the 2007 Census of Population) ………………………………………… 26 ` Private Building Construction Statistics Second Quarter 2010 (Preliminary Results) …………...………. 29

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ……………………………….. 43 Labor Force Survey: July 2010 …………….…...…………… 43 Labor Relations and Concerns …………………………….…. 47

Section III - TRAVEL AND TOURISM …………………………………….. 59 Visitor Arrivals to the Philippines Fourth Quarter 2010 …..………………………………………. 59 Hotel Accommodations and Visitors' Average Length of Stay: Fourth Quarter 2010 ……..………………………….. 62

Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………………. 70 Welfare Benefits and Services Third Quarter 2010 ……………………………………………. 70

Section V - EDUCATION AND CULTURE ……………………………….. 80 Education Indicators 2008-2010 ……………………………………….……..….….. 80 Licensure Examinations: 2010 ……………………………….. 82 Promotion of Culture and Arts ……………………………….. 83 CONTENTS - Concluded

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Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS …………. 89 Health and Vital Indicators: 2010 …….. ……………………… 89 Nutritional Status of Filipino Children 2005 ……………………………………………………………. 90

Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY …………………. 100 Crime Indicators: Fourth Quarter 2010 ……………………… 100 Fire Incidence: 2010 ………………………………………….. 102 S T A T I S T I C A L T A B L E S

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Feature Article

Statistics on Filipino Children

1 Number of children and youth served by sex and by region 2009-2010 ……………………………………………………… 9 2 Number of children served under Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program by sex and age bracket: 2008-2010 ………………. 10 3 Number of reported cases of child abuse by type of abuse and by sex: 2009-2010 ……………………………………….. 11 4 Facilities involved in the distribution of social services 2009-2010 ……………………………………………………… 12 5 Child abuse cases served under community based and center based programs: 2009-2010 …………………….. 13 6 Child abuse cases served by category: 2009-2010 ………… 14 7 Number of child abuse cases served by type of abuse by sex, by age and by region: 2009 …………………………. 16 8 Number of child abuse cases served by type of abuse by sex, by age and by region: 2010 …………………………. 21

Section I - POPULATION AND HOUSING

1.1 Total population, household population, and number of households of top 10 barangays: 2007 …………………… 34 1.2 Household population by age group and sex and sex ratio by age group: 2007 ……………………………. 34 1.3 Household population 10 years old and over by marital status and sex: 2007 ………………………………. 35 1.4 Household population five years old and over by highest educational attainment and sex: 2007 ……………………….. 35 1.5 Household population five to 24 years old who were attending school by sex and age group: 2007 ………… 36 1.6 Occupied housing units by construction materials of the roof and outer walls: 2007 ……………………………… 36 1.7 Number, floor area, and value of building construction by type of building, and region Second Quarter 2010 …………………………………………. 38 STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

Page 1.8 Number of new residential building construction started, floor area and value of construction by type of building by region Second Quarter 2010 ……………………...………………… 39 1.9 Number of new non-residential building construction started, floor area and value of construction by type of building by region Second Quarter 2010 ………………………………………… 40 1.10 Number of new commercial building construction started, floor area and value of construction by type of building by region Second Quarter 2010 ………………………………………… 41 1.11 Number of new industrial building construction started, floor area and value of construction by type of building by region Second Quarter 2010 ………………………………………… 42

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

2.1 Comparative labor statistics July 2009 and July 2010 ……………………………………… 49 2.2 Employed persons by industry, occupation class of worker and hours worked: July 2010 ………………. 50 2.3 Underemployed persons by hours worked and industry and unemployed persons by age group sex and highest grade completed July 2009 and July 2010 ……………………………………… 51 2.4 Rates of labor force participation, employment unemployment and underemployment by region July 2010 ….…………….…….…………………………..…… 53 2.5 Strike and lockout notices and actual strikes and lockouts: Third Quarter 2009 and 2010 …………….…… 54 2.6 Strike and lockout notices, actual strikes and lockouts and preventive mediation cases by region: January to September 2010 ……………………… 55 2.7 Preventive mediation cases and voluntary arbitration cases: Third Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………...….. 57 STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

Page 2.8 Original and appealed mediation-arbitration cases and money claims: Third Quarter 2009 and 2010 …………… 58

Section III - TRAVEL AND TOURISM

3.1 Visitor arrivals by country of residence Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………………………………… 64 3.2 Visitor arrivals by country of residence December 2009 and 2010 ……………………………………. 66 3.3 Top ten travel markets Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ……….………………………. 68 3.4 Average occupancy rates of hotels in Metro Manila by classification: Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ……………. 69

Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

4.1 Number of disadvantaged children served by program/project service by sex and by region: Third Quarter 2010 ………… 75 4.2 Number of youth served by program/project/service by sex and by region: Third Quarter 2010 ………………….. 76 4.3 Number of women served by program/project/service and by region: Third Quarter 2010 ………...………………… 77 4.4 Number of persons with disabilities (PWDs) served by program/project/service, by sex and by region Third Quarter 2010 …………………………………………….. 78 4.5 Number of senior citizens (SCs) served by program/project service by sex and by region: Third Quarter 2010 …………. 79

Section V - EDUCATION AND CULTURE

5.1 Number of public schools by region and by level of education: School Years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 …..… 85 5.2 Number of teachers in public schools by region and by level of education School Years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 ……………………. 85 5.3 Number of schools, examinees and distribution of passers by sex and by profession 2009 and 2010 …………………………………………………. 86 5.4 Number of examinees who took and passed the bar examination: 2009 and 2010 …………………….…… 88 STATISTICAL TABLES - Continued

Page Section VI - HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND VITAL STATISTICS

6.1 Percentage distribution of 0 to 5 year-old children by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height classifications: 2005 …………………… 93 6.2 Percentage distribution of 0 to 5 year-old children by single age group, by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age and height-for-age classifications: 2005 ……………………. 93 6.3 Percentage distribution of 0 to 5 year-old children by single age group, by NCHS/WHO weight-for-height classifications: 2005 …………………………………………… 94 6.4 Percentage distribution of 0 to 5 year-old children by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height classifications and by gender 2005 ……………………………………………………………. 94 6.5 Percentage distribution of 6 to 10 year-old children by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age and height-for-age classifications: 2005 ………………………………………….. 95 6.6 Percentage distribution of 6 to 8 year-old children by single age group by NCHS/WHO weight-for-height classifications: 2005 ………………………………………….. 95 6.7 Percentage distribution of 6 to 10 year-old children by single age group by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age and height-for-age classifications: 2005 …………………….. 96 6.8 Percentage distribution of 6 to 10 year-old children by NCHS/WHO weight-for-age and height-for-age classifications and by gender: 2005 …………………………. 96 6.9 Comparison in the prevalence of underweight, underheight thin and overweight among 0 to 5 year-old children 2001, 2003 and 2005 ………………………………………….. 97 6.10 Comparison in the prevalence of underweight, underheight and overweight among 6 to 10 year-old children 2001, 2003 and 2005 ………………………………………….. 97 6.11 Trends in the prevalence of underweight, underheight thin and overweight among 0 to 5 and 6 to 10 year-old children: 1989-90 to 2005 …………………………………….. 98 6.12 Mean weight and height of adolescents, 11 to 19 years old by age group and by gender: 2005 ………………………….. 98 6.13 Percentage distribution of adolescents, 11 to 19 years old by BMI classification, by age and by gender: 2005 ………… 99 6.14 Trends in the prevalence of underweight and overweight among adolescents 11 to 19 years old: 1993-2005 …………. 99 STATISTICAL TABLES - Concluded

Page Section VII - DEFENSE, CRIME, AND DELINQUENCY

7.1 Total crime volume and efficiency rate by region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………………………………. 104 7.2 Index and non-index crimes by region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………………………………. 104 7.3 Crimes against persons by region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………………………………. 105 7.4 Crimes against property by region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 ………………………………. 106 7.5 Fire incidence by origin and by motive, and number of persons killed/injured by region: 2009 and 2010…………. 107 Feature Article

Statistics on Filipino Children

The CWC serves as the

coordinating council to line agencies with programs and services for children. Members of its board include representatives from the departments of Health, Education, Social Welfare and Development, the Interior and Local Government , Labor and Employment, Justice, and Agriculture, National Nutrition Council, National Economic and Development Authority, and three

private individuals, one of whom is a youth. It also has an existing functional network with non-government organizations (NGOs) focused on children.

A national plan of action for children gains headway

The government formulated in Introduction 2000 the Philippine National Strategic Framework for Plan Development for Proclamation No. 267, signed Children for the period 2000-2025. More and promulgated in 1993 by the then popularly known as Child 21, its goal is President of the Philippines Fidel V. to build a child-sensitive and child- Ramos, declared the month of October friendly society as the country’s promise of every year as National Children's to Filipino children in the 21st century. It Month. This is in cognizance of the is meant to serve as a road map, a Filipino children as the most valuable guide to make plans and programmes asset of the country. The designation of for children more focused, following the a month to commemorate the Filipino provisions, principles, and standards of children emphasizes the importance of the Council for the Rights of Children the role of the child within the Filipino (CRC). The vision of Child 21 has been family and within Philippine society. concretized through the formulation of the National Plan of Action for Children The Council for the Welfare of (NPAC) for the period 2005-2010 aimed Children (CWC) is the primary Philippine at reducing disparities in development government agency mandated, among indicators for children. Subsequently, others, to coordinate programs and there will be NPAC 2011-2015 interventions among government and (Catching up with the MDGs), NPAC non-government institutions that have a 2016-2020 (Sustaining the gains) and stake in the welfare and development of NPAC 2021-2025 (Achieving Child 21 the Filipino children. Vision). NPAC translates the vision of

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Child 21 into “clear, actionable and time- year’s activities are focused on the bound plan within a shorter, five-year theme – Bright Child: Proteksyon ng time frame” taking into consideration the Bata, Pananagutan ng Bansa! World Fit for Children (WFFC) goals and the child-related Millennium Bright Child envisions that D76evelopment Goals (MDGs) and, of “Every Filipino Child deserves to be a course, the principles, provisions, and bright child”. A Bright Child is a child standards of the CRC. A who is active, alert, healthy, happy, Comprehensive Programme on Child cared for and protected from violence, Protection (CPCP), an elaboration of the abuse and exploitation . child protection component of NPAC was launched on 18 June 2007. The Children and the MDGs CPCP aims to build a protective and caring environment for children as the The Millennium Development overall approach to protecting Filipino Goals (MDGs), which affirmed children from various forms of abuse, commitments of member countries of exploitation, and violence. the United Nations towards reducing poverty and the worst forms of human Children’s Month focuses on the deprivation, embodies specific targets theme Bright Child and milestones for the development of children, i.e., halve, between 1990 and The Council for the Welfare of 2015, the proportion of people whose Children (CWC), the focal agency for income is less than one dollar a day children’s concerns is continuing its (Goal 1), achieve universal primary advocacy for the delivery of programs education (Goal 2), reduce child and services for children. The CWC mortality (Goal 4), and improve maternal adopted Bright Child in an effort to health (Goal 5). In line with this, the consolidate initiatives, programs and United Nations Children’s Fund services leading to the holistic (UNICEF) has enhanced its development of the Filipino children. In organizational commitment by February 2004, President Gloria undertaking the Global Study on Child Macapagal- Arroyo signed Executive Poverty and Disparities, carried out in Order 286 directing government 46 countries, including the Philippines, agencies to actively support and and seven regions in 2007-2008. implement programs on the “Bright Child”. One of the objectives of this evidence-based Global Study is to focus Section 13, Article II of the on how poverty and disparities impact Philippine Constitution provides that “the children to support efforts that protect State recognizes the vital role of the children from risk, adversity and youth in nation building and shall disadvantage. It proposes to look at promote and protect their physical, gaps and opportunities in national moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social poverty reduction strategies, including well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth the demographic and economic context, patriotism and nationalism, and employment, public and private social encourage their involvement in public expenditures, fiscal space, and foreign and civic affairs.” aid. Further, on 10 January 2007, the UN General Assembly defined children Now on its 17th year of living in poverty as those “deprived of celebrating the Children’s Month this nutrition, water and sanitation facilities STATISTICS ON FILIPINO CHILDREN 3

access to basic health-care services, mother for love, nutrition, and shelter, education, participation and stimulation. Loving nurturing, and protection, and that while a severe lack supportive parents are needed for of goods and services hurts every survival and development of the child human being, it is most threatening and harmful to children, leaving them unable • Early childhood (three to five to enjoy their rights, to reach their full years old) - child explores the potential and to participate as full environment of the home and develops members of the society.” interpersonal and socialization skills; psychomotor development occurs. Definition of Terms Parents and other care givers enrich the child's world Children may be defined as • persons below 18 years of age or one Childhood (six to twelve years over said age, and who, upon evaluation old) - change from home to school of a qualified physician, psychologist, affects the child's perspective and or psychiatrist, is found to be incapable contributes to his or her development. of taking care of himself fully because of Schools redirect behavioral patterns a physical or mental disability or through the preferences of teachers and condition or of protecting himself from institution's culture abuse (Republic Act 7610). • Adolescence (13 to 17 years old) The 2000 Census of Population - a period of transition and rapid and Housing (CPH) conducted by the physical changes. The pursuit of National Statistics Office (NSO) included independence and identity are among children, persons whose ages preeminent. More and more time is were zero to 17 years. spent outside the family; increased peer influence becomes evident.

The United Nations Convention • on the Rights of the Child adopted a Filipino Child - a person (girl or more holistic view of the child as boy) who is: (1) below eighteen (18) strategy by using a life cycle that can years of age or (2) over eighteen (18) apply across all sectors. The life cycle but is unable to fully take care of or includes the following: protect her or himself from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation, all other forms of degrading and or dehumanizing • Prenatal period (unborn) - the treatment be it psychological or period of conception lasting physical, and discrimination because of approximately nine months. A single cell a physical or mental disability or develops into a complex organism with condition (Republic Act 7610). a complete brain and behavioral capabilities. Mother's nourishment, health, well-being (physical, emotional, Children and youth psychological), and safety directly affect the unborn child. Brain development is served: 2009-2010 affected by the mother's nutrition The Department of Social • Infancy (zero to two years old) - Welfare and Development (DSWD) from birth to about 24 months. The child maintains statutory welfare programs for is dependent on parents especially the the disadvantaged children and youth. 4 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

Among these programs are Number of youth served slids to 44.4 Childcare and Placement services, percent social services for children in need of special protection. Ahon Bata sa The youth (separated from the Lansangan, and assistance to children) received welfare assistance as disadvantaged transnational children. well and they numbered 3,602 in 2010. The Foster Care Program for Children This was a decrease of 2,877 from that with Special Needs also continues to of 2009 or a percent change of minus (-) provide planned alternative parental 44.4 percent (Table 1). care to children who are sexually and physically abused, street children, and Males outnumber females among children with parents suffering from those served HIV/AIDS. Among the youth assisted and Number of children served more than served under the welfare programs were doubles the males who numbered 1,934 or 53.7 percent of the total. On the other hand, The DSWD reported a total of females numbered 1,668 or 46.3 90,874 children served with welfare and percent of the total (Table 1). development assistance in 2010. This was more than twice the number NCR youth receives a fourth of total reported in 2009 (Table 1). benefits

Female children recipients greater The youth of the NCR which than male children numbered 839 (23.3%) in 2010 received the most benefits under the assistance There were 52,327 (57.6%) program of the government. Those from female children in the country who were the Ilocos Region came on second at served or given welfare assistance. On 603 (16.7%). Those from Central the other hand, male children who were Visayas, 546 (15.2%) and MIMAROPA, served numbered 38,547 (42.4%). This 510 (14.2%) were on third and fourth, means that for every ten children given respectively (Table 1). welfare assistance, seven were female children (Table 1). Children ser ved under

NCR gets bulk of children recipients the Pantawid P amilya Pilipino Program Across regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) got the most 2008-2010 number of children served, a total of 36,476 for a percentage share of 40.2 The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino percent. On faraway second place was Program (4Ps) is more than a welfare MIMAROPA with 9.1 percent and program; It addresses structural closely followed by Central Luzon at 8.7 inequities in society and promotes percent. Caraga was at the ebb at 1.6 human capital development of the poor, percent share of the total while the thus, breaking the intergenerational Autonomous Region in Muslim cycle of poverty. The conditions Mindanao (ARMM) did not report attached to the grants require parents to anything (Table 1). undergo trainings on responsible

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parenthood, have their children undergo of every year as “National Awareness health check-ups and ensure school Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual attendance. The program ensures that Abuse and Exploitation” (NAWPCSAE). there is sufficient resource for the It called for all sectors and health, nutrition and education of organization of government, as well as children aged zero to 14 years old. local government units, the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children – Number of children served rises to join hands with public sector, civil society organizations (child and youth Under the 4Ps program of the organizations, people’s organizations, DSWD, a total of 4.42 million children media, women, and business benefited, of which male children were corporations to: 50.8 percent and the rest were females (Table 2). Promote awareness on the problem of child sexual abuse and Children in Zamboanga Peninsula exploitation receives the bulk of assistance Participate in the nationwide

campaign to prevent child sexual Across regions, served children abuse and exploitation were biggest in the Zamboanga Peninsula (14.3%) and lowest in Instil in the general public respect for Cagayan Valley (1.4%) (Table 2). laws and ordinances related to the welfare of children, and surveillance Number of children served highest in and report of suspected cases to 2010 DSWD or law enforcement agencies

Integrate in school curriculum topics A total of 2.24 million children on child abuse and exploitation, and became beneficiaries of the 4Ps in 2010. Comparing the three years in Provide orientation to all sectors on review, 2008, 2009, and 2010, it was in Republic Act 7610 and other laws 2010 where the biggest number of and on the problem of child abuse children served was reported. The 2010 and exploitation. report shared 50.7 percent of the total. Second biggest report was that of 2009, Coherent with the fourth objective 31.7 percent while that of 2008 17.5 of the Presidential Proclamation No. percent. 731, the country marks this year’s NAWPCSAE by formally launching the By sex, male children served Department of Education’s Order No. under the program outnumbered its 45, mandating the institutionalization of female counterpart, 50.7 percent against the Personal Safety Lessons (PSL) in 49.3 percent, respectively (Table 2). both elementary and secondary schools nationwide.

Reported cases of child What is Personal Safety Lesson (PSL)? abuse: 2009-2010 Personal Safety Lessons is a Proclamation No. 731, signed by violence prevention program that President Fidel Ramos in 1996, empowers children to take part in declared the second week of February their own protection by giving 6 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

information and skills within their explicit sexual activities (RA 9775) own culture and religion Sexual abuse - physical and Personal safety empowers psychological violence, and sexual children to take part in their harassment are forms of violence own protection by giving against children which occur in all them information, skills, and self settings. These happen in homes and esteem within their own culture and families; schools and educational religion settings; care and justice institutions; places of work; community; and, Personal safety teaches children cyberspace. [UN Study on Violence that their body belongs only to them Against Children] and nobody has the right to touch them in a way they do not like or Child sexual abuse is one of the understand profound violations of the rights of

Personal safety aims at children. While it is the most preventing today’s children from underreported form of abuse due to its being tomorrow’s offenders. sensitive nature, cases of sexual abuse of girls and boys continue to be noted. From 2004 to 2008, the DSWD served a Definition of Terms total of 13,658 girls and boys due to this. While in the same period, 1,024 girls Child sexual abuse - a form of and boys were victims of sexual child abuse that refers to any act on a exploitation. child by an adult, older person or anyone in a position of power or control Among the 2007-2008 cases of over the child for the sexual stimulation girls served by an non-government or gratification of the adult or the other organization (NGO), it was noted that, person. Among others, these actions 20.0 percent or 36.0 percent involved include, an adult indecently exposes more than one male figure in the nuclear their genitalia to a child, asks or and extended family as abusers; 30 pressures a child to engage in sexual cases involved more than one girl victim activities, displays pornography to a among the female siblings or relatives; child, or uses a child to produce child and, report took place only when an pornography older sister saw the abuse already

happening to a younger sibling. Sexual exploitation - the participation by a person in prostitution The 15 cases filed in court by the or the production of pornographic Philippine National Police (PNP) – materials as a result of being subjected Women and Children Protection Center to a threat, deception, coercion, and since January to May 2008 revealed abduction, and force, abuse of authority, that sexual abuse of children happened debt bondage, and fraud or through not only at home but in areas within the abuse of a victim’s vulnerability. community, farm, and workplaces, in Child pornography - is any school grounds and in places of worship representation, whether visual, audio all over the country. or written combination thereof, by electronic, mechanical, digital, optical, Analysis of Tables magnetic or any other means, of a child engaged or involved in real or simulated Cases of child abuse in the STATISTICS ON FILIPINO CHILDREN 7

Philippines involve children who are Reports have it that there were 79 abandoned, neglected, sexually abused, (6.1%) males who were sexually sexually exploited, physically abused or abused, of which 67 were raped and five maltreated, victims of child labor, victims victims of lascivious acts (Table 3). of illegal recruitment, victims of child trafficking, victims of armed conflict, and Residential and nonresidential others (i.e. emotionally abused). facilities serve abused children

Number of reported cases of child Abused children are served by abuse down 7.6 percent the DSWD through facilities all over the country. Reported cases of child abuse numbered 4,749 in 2010. This was As of 2010, there were a total of 1,775 (27.2%) cases less than what 71 facilities involved in the distribution of was reported in 2009 (6,701) (Table 3). social services from only 70 in 2009. Residential facilities numbered 64 Those neglected comprise the while nonresidential only seven (Table biggest bloc 4).

By type of abuse, big reports Child abuse cases down were seen in the abandoned (30.2%), sexually abused (27.3%), and the The number of child abuse victims of neglect (22.7%). cases served by the DSWD numbered 4,749 in 2010, from 2009’s 6,524 or a Noticeable was the increase in decrease of 27.2 percent (Table 4). the number of the abandoned, from 1,091 in 2009 to 1,433 in 2010 or an About two-thirds of child abuse increase of 31.4 percent. On the other cases are committed against girls hand, there were decreases among those neglected (-55.3%), and among Of the total child abuses cases, those sexually abused (-32.9%) (Table those done against girls numbered 3). 3,138 or 66.1 percent (Table 5).

Among those sexually abused in NCR reports the most number of 2010, those who were raped numbered child abuse cases more than half of the total abused, followed by incest victims at 37.5 Across regions, NCR was served percent and those abused through acts with 1,404 cases (29.6%) while the least of lasciviousness at 8.0 percent (Table went to MIMAROPA at 74 (1.6%) The 3). biggest reduction in the capacity of the government to serve abused children More female children are abused was seen in the Zamboanga Peninsula, from 22.8 percent in 2009 to only 4.9 By sex, female children are more percent in 2010 (Tables 5 and 7). vulnerable to abuses. A total of 3,138 female children were reportedly abused About one in four child victims is in 2010 or an equivalent 66.1 percent. below five years old Although, there were more females who were sexually abused, noticeable were Of those victims of child abuse, the reports on male sexual abuse. more than half were aged 10 to below 8 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

18 years (52.8 % in 2009 and 55.4 % in Most of the sexually-exploited 2010. Those whose ages were below children were either victims of five year old were reported at 24.7 prostitution or of cyber pornography percent in 2009 and 24.6 percent in (48.5% and 33.8%, respectively in 2009 2010 (Table 5). and 52.0% and 31.5%, respectively in 2010). But while the overall number of More than half of abused children are child abuse cases handled by the the abandoned or neglected DSWD declined from 2009 to 2010, child prostitution cases went up slightly By category or type of abuse, from 63 in 2009 to 66 in 2010. Cyber more than one-half of abused children pornography victims were served in served by the DSWD have either NCR, Central Visayas, Zamboanga been abandoned or neglected, Peninsula and Ilocos Region (Table 6). comprising the most common cases (53.7% in 2009 and 52.9% in 2010) (Table 6).

Most common sexual abuse is rape

Next to the abandoned and/or neglected children, were sexually abused children (29.6% in 2009 and 27.3% in 2010). The most common sexual abuse was rape, followed by incest and acts of lasciviousness. Rape victims were predominantly female (97.6% in 2009 and 90.5% in 2010). There were also large number of incest cases (32.9% in 2009 and 37.5% in 2010) (Table 6).

Victims of child labor are below ten years old

Some victims of child labor were only five to below ten years old. There were five victims in 2009 and nine victims in 2010) (Table 6).

Cases of pedophilia reported in Central Luzon and Central Visayas

Comparing the two years in review, number of pedophilia cases in 2010 (10.2%) was a little less than that in 2009 (15.4%). Cases were seen in Central Luzon (3 cases) and in Central Visayas (3 cases) (Table 7).

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TABLE 1 Number of Children and Youth Served by Sex and by Region: 2009-2010

2010 Region Children Youth Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 90,874 38,547 52,327 3,602 1,934 1,668 NCR 36,476 13,252 23,224 839 238 601 CAR 1,809 687 1,122 0 - - I -Ilocos Region 4,945 2,102 2,843 603 292 311 II -Cagayan Valley 3,371 1,416 1,955 76 44 32 III -Central Luzon 7,913 3,535 4,378 183 153 30 IVA-CALABARZON 3,426 1,276 2,150 201 201 - IVB-MIMAROPA 8,216 4,022 4,194 510 200 310 V-Bicol Region 2,647 950 1,697 30 30 - VI-Western Visayas 2,970 1,966 1,004 39 36 3 VII-Central Visayas 4,845 2,044 2,801 546 288 258 VIII-Eastern Visayas 1,633 579 1,054 75 65 10 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 1,716 643 1,073 125 96 29 X -Northern Mindanao 1,812 794 1,018 43 43 - XI -Davao Region 5,896 4,032 1,864 149 128 21 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 1,723 765 958 90 48 42 XIII-Caraga 1,476 484 992 93 72 21 ARMM ------

2009 Children Youth Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 44,442 21,635 22,807 6,479 4,685 1,794 NCR 11,041 5,595 5,446 45 23 22 CAR 1,044 490 554 - - - I -Ilocos Region 2,375 1,058 1,317 381 160 221 II -Cagayan Valley 1,215 559 656 108 7 101 III-Central Luzon 4,371 2,008 2,363 72 72 - IVA-CALABARZON 5,337 2,813 2,524 192 173 19 IVB-MIMAROPA 5,496 2,733 2,763 217 112 105 V-Bicol Region 886 448 438 29 24 5 VI-Western Visayas 1,988 1,090 898 47 47 - VII-Central Visayas 3,641 1,523 2,118 592 268 324 VIII-Eastern Visayas 718 287 431 54 54 - IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 2,099 939 1,160 4,449 3,531 918 X -Northern Mindanao 1,511 724 787 38 38 - XI-Davao Region 1,727 842 885 90 90 - XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 711 406 305 111 56 55 XIII-Caraga 282 120 162 54 30 24 ARMM ------

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

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TABLE 2 Number of Children Served Under Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program by Sex and Age Bracket: 2008-2010

Total Number of Children Served¹ 2008 Region Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 4,422,436 2,244,702 2,177,734 774,987 393,858 381,129

NCR 106,439 53,961 52,478 28,601 14,485 14,116 CAR 107,673 55,089 52,584 33,915 17,406 16,509 I -Ilocos Region 116,652 60,342 56,310 27,093 13,993 13,100 II -Cagayan Valley 63,112 32,080 31,032 12,888 6,595 6,293 III -Central Luzon 89,866 46,190 43,676 15,920 8,247 7,673 IVA-CALABARZON 157,915 80,120 77,795 35,663 18,143 17,520 IVB-MIMAROPA 377,973 192,032 185,941 77,248 39,293 37,955 V -Bicol Region 505,139 258,127 247,012 91,394 46,638 44,756 VI -Western Visayas 197,245 99,504 97,741 33,191 16,729 16,462 VII -Central Visayas 219,597 110,139 109,458 44,668 22,336 22,332 VIII -Eastern Visayas 393,517 199,493 194,024 44,013 22,356 21,657 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 629,652 322,008 307,644 81,849 41,812 40,037 X -Northern Mindanao 415,062 209,788 205,274 85,697 43,419 42,278 XI -Davao Region 223,277 113,723 109,554 22,032 11,243 10,789 XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 116,804 58,622 58,182 13,116 6,676 6,440 XIII-Caraga 238,817 121,092 117,725 26,711 13,331 13,380 ARMM 463,696 232,392 231,304 100,988 51156 49832

2009 2010 Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 1,403,367 713,394 689,973 2,244,082 1,137,450 1,106,632

NCR 28,601 14,485 14,116 49,237 24,991 24,246 CAR 33,915 17,406 16,509 39,843 20,277 19,566 I -Ilocos Region 32,369 16,727 15,642 57,190 29,622 27,568 II -Cagayan Valley 12,888 6,595 6,293 37,336 18,890 18,446 III -Central Luzon 15,920 8,247 7,673 58,026 29,696 28,330 IVA-CALABARZON 35,663 18,143 17,520 86,589 43,834 42,755 IVB-MIMAROPA 127,202 64,617 62,585 173,523 88,122 85,401 V -Bicol Region 142,013 72,584 69,429 271,732 138,905 132,827 VI -Western Visayas 42,843 21,669 21,174 121,211 61,106 60,105 VII -Central Visayas 44,668 22,336 22,332 130,261 65,467 64,794 VIII -Eastern Visayas 151,565 76,973 74,592 197,939 100,164 97,775 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 255,309 130,668 124,641 292,494 149,528 142,966 X -Northern Mindanao 140,538 70,996 69,542 188,827 95,373 93,454 XI -Davao Region 91,785 46,756 45,029 109,460 55,724 53,736 XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 37,183 18,694 18,489 66,505 33,252 33,253 XIII-Caraga 88,047 44,739 43,308 124,059 63,022 61,037 ARMM 122,858 61,759 61,099 239,850 119477 120373

Continued

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Table 2 -- Concluded

Total Number of Children Served¹ 2008 Age Bracket Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Total 4,422,436 2,244,702 2,177,734 774,987 393,858 381,129

0 to below 1 ------1 to below 5 240,451 122,516 117,935 43,125 21,956 21,169 5 to below 10 1,542,308 786,122 756,186 267,084 136,277 130,807 10 to below 14 1,477,465 753,757 723,708 255,568 130,078 125,490 14 to below 18 1,162,212 582,307 579,905 209,210 105,547 103,663

2009 2010 Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Total 1,403,367 713,394 689,973 2,244,082 1,137,450 1,106,632

0 to below 1 ------1 to below 5 82,341 41,928 40,413 114,985 58,632 56,353 5 to below 10 495,044 252,717 242,327 780,180 397,128 383,052 10 to below 14 458,209 233,866 224,343 763,688 389,813 373,875 14 to below 18 367,773 184,883 182,890 585,229 291,877 293,352

Note: ¹ Number of children enroled in day care, elementary and high school. Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

TABLE 3 Number of Reported Cases of Child Abuse by Type of Abuse and by Sex: 2009-2010

2010 2009 Type of Abuse Total Male Female Total Male Female

Total 4,749 1,611 3,138 6,524 2,208 4,316 Abandoned 1,433 775 658 1,091 593 498 Neglected 1,079 588 491 2,412 1,197 1,215 Sexually abused 1,295 79 1,216 1,929 31 1,898 Rape 707 67 640 1,097 26 1,071 Incest 485 5 480 635 - 635 Acts of Lasciviousness 103 7 96 197 5 192 Sexually exploited 127 7 120 130 23 107 Victims of pedophilia 13 6 7 20 1 19 Victims of prostitution 66 - 66 63 - 63 Victims of pornography 8 1 7 3 - 3 Victims of cyber pornography 40 - 40 44 22 22 Physically abused/maltreated 304 104 200 587 291 296 Victims of child labor 69 14 55 83 28 55 Victims of illegal recruitment 2 - 2 7 - 7 Victims of child trafficking 390 22 368 221 23 198 Victims of armed conflict 30 4 26 24 8 16 Involved 3 1 2 7 2 5 Affected 27 3 24 17 6 11 Others¹ 20 18 2 40 14 26

Note: ¹ Includes emotionally abused, sexually abused/molested, exploited children and others. Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development 12 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

TABLE 4 Facilities Involved in the Distribution of Social Services: 2009-2010

2010 2009

Grand Total 71 70

Residential Facilities 64 63 Reception and Study Center for Children 11 11 Group Home for Girls/Marillac Hills 12 14 Haven for Children 2 2 Nayon ng Kabataan 1 1 Lingap Center 1 1 AMOR Village 1 1 Yhostel 1 1 Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth 1/ 13 9 Home for Boys 2/ - 1 National Training School for Boys 3/ 1 1 Regional Haven for Women 13 13 Sanctuary 1 1 Elsie Gaches Village 1 1 Golden Acres/Home for Elderly/Home for Aged 3 3 Jose Fabella Center 1 1 Center for Restorative Activities, Development 1 1 and Learning Center (CRADLE) 4/ Processing Center for Displaced Persons 5/ 1 1

Non-Residential Facilities 7 7 Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop (RSW)/National Vocational 5 5 Rehabilitation Center (NVRC)/Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) Inang Naulila sa Anak (INA) Healing Center 1 1 Center for Handicapped 1 1

Notes: 1/ Four (4) newly constructed RRCYs operationalized in 2010. These are the RRCYs in Regions CAR, II, IV-B and XII 2/ Facility was closed in 2010 3/ Caters children in conflict with the law (CICL) cases 4/ Caters CICL cases in NCR but the facility is maintained and operationalized by Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). DSWD counterpart is provision of social workers for case management 5/ Caters cases of deportees particularly from Sabah, Malaysia Sources: Department of Social Welfare and Development National Statistical Coordination Board, Statistically Speaking… ABUSED CHILDREN! by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

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TABLE 5 Child Abuse Cases Served under Community Based and Center Based Programs 2009-2010

2010 Region Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Philippines 4,749 100.0 1,611 33.9 3,138 66.1

NCR 1,404 29.6 570 40.6 834 59.4 CAR 136 2.9 56 41.2 80 58.8 I -Ilocos Region 162 3.4 17 10.5 145 89.5 II -Cagayan Valley 247 5.2 159 64.4 88 35.6 III -Central Luzon 738 15.5 290 39.3 448 60.7 IVA-CALABARZON 109 2.3 11 10.1 98 89.9 IVB-MIMAROPA 74 1.6 5 6.8 69 93.2 V-Bicol Region 151 3.2 39 25.8 112 74.2 VI-Western Visayas 213 4.5 54 25.4 159 74.6 VII-Central Visayas 406 8.5 95 23.4 311 76.6 VIII-Eastern Visayas 223 4.7 66 29.6 157 70.4 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 231 4.9 50 21.6 181 78.4 X -Northern Mindanao 221 4.7 78 35.3 143 64.7 XI-Davao Region 185 3.9 56 30.3 129 69.7 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 162 3.4 51 31.5 111 68.5 XIII-Caraga 87 1.8 14 16.1 73 83.9 ARMM ------

2009 Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Philippines 6,524 100.0 2,208 33.8 4,316 66.2

NCR 663 10.2 225 33.9 438 66.1 CAR 208 3.2 74 35.6 134 64.4 I -Ilocos Region 415 6.4 114 27.5 301 72.5 II -Cagayan Valley 499 7.6 192 38.5 307 61.5 III -Central Luzon 660 10.1 156 23.6 504 76.4 IVA-CALABARZON 106 1.6 24 22.6 82 77.4 IVB-MIMAROPA 87 1.3 27 31.0 60 69.0 V-Bicol Region 187 2.9 66 35.3 121 64.7 VI-Western Visayas 195 3.0 49 25.1 146 74.9 VII-Central Visayas 867 13.3 310 35.8 557 64.2 VIII-Eastern Visayas 396 6.1 121 30.6 275 69.4 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 1,485 22.8 607 40.9 878 59.1 X -Northern Mindanao 336 5.2 111 33.0 225 67.0 XI-Davao Region 189 2.9 70 37.0 119 63.0 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 154 2.4 46 29.9 108 70.1 XIII-Caraga 77 1.2 16 20.8 61 79.2 ARMM ------

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Table 5 -- Concluded

2010 Age Group Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Total 4,749 100.0 1,611 33.9 3,138 66.1

0 to below 1 412 8.7 232 56.3 180 43.7 1 to below 5 753 15.9 372 49.4 381 50.6 5 to below 10 884 18.6 416 47.1 468 52.9 10 to below 14 1,062 22.4 294 27.7 768 72.3 14 to below 18 1,565 33.0 259 16.5 1,306 83.5 No age bracket 73 1.5 38 52.1 35 47.9

2009 Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Total 6,524 100.0 2,208 33.8 4,316 66.2

0 to below 1 550 8.4 296 53.8 254 46.2 1 to below 5 1,061 16.3 525 49.5 536 50.5 5 to below 10 1,417 21.7 535 37.8 882 62.2 10 to below 14 1,585 24.3 457 28.8 1,128 71.2 14 to below 18 1,862 28.5 371 19.9 1,491 80.1 No age bracket 49 0.8 24 49.0 25 51.0

Sources: Department of Social Welfare and Development National Statistical Coordination Board, Statistically Speaking… ABUSED CHILDREN! by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

TABLE 6 Child Abuse Cases Served by Category: 2009-2010

2010 Type of Abuse Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Total 4,749 100.0 1,611 33.9 3,138 66.1 Abandoned 1,433 30.2 775 54.1 658 45.9 Neglected 1,079 22.7 588 54.5 491 45.5 Sexually abused 27.3 Rape 707 54.6 67 9.5 640 90.5 Incest 485 37.5 5 1.0 480 99.0 Acts of Lasciviousness 103 8.0 7 6.8 96 93.2 Sub-total 1,295 100.0 79 6.10 1,216 93.9 Sexually exploited 2.7 Victims of pedophilia 66 52.0 0 - 66 100.0 Victims of prostitution 13 10.2 6 46.2 7 53.8 Victims of pornography 8 6.3 1 12.5 7 87.5 Victims of cyber pornography 40 31.5 0 - 40 100.0 Sub-total 127 100.0 7 5.5 120 94.5 Physically abused/maltreated 304 6.4 104 34.2 200 65.8 Victims of child labor 69 1.5 14 20.3 55 79.7 Victims of illegal recruitment 2 0.0 0 - 2 100.0 Victims of child trafficking 390 8.2 22 5.6 368 94.4 Victims of armed conflict 0.6 Involved 3 10.0 1 33.3 2 66.7 Affected 27 90.0 3 11.1 24 88.9 Sub-total 30 100.0 4 13.3 26 86.7 Others 20 0.4 18 90.0 2 10.0

Continued STATISTICS ON FILIPINO CHILDREN 15

Table 6 -- Concluded

2009 Type of Abuse Both Sexes Male Female No. % No. % No. %

Total 6,524 100.0 2,208 33.8 4,316 66.2 Abandoned 1,091 16.7 593 54.4 498 45.6 Neglected 2,412 37.0 1,197 49.6 1,215 50.4 Sexually abused 29.6 Rape 1,097 56.9 26 2.4 1,071 97.6 Incest 635 32.9 0 - 635 100.0 Acts of Lasciviousness 197 10.2 5 2.5 192 97.5 Sub-total 1,929 100.0 31 1.60 1,898 98.4 Sexually exploited 2.0 Victims of pedophilia 63 48.5 0 - 63 100.0 Victims of prostitution 20 15.4 1 5.0 19 95.0 Victims of pornography 3 2.3 0 - 3 100.0 Victims of cyber pornography 44 33.8 22 50.0 22 50.0 Sub-total 130 100.0 23 17.7 107 82.3 Physically abused/maltreated 587 9.0 291 49.6 296 50.4 Victims of child labor 83 1.3 28 33.7 55 66.3 Victims of illegal recruitment 7 0.1 0 - 7 100.0 Victims of child trafficking 221 3.4 23 10.4 198 89.6 Victims of armed conflict 0.4 Involved 7 29.2 2 28.6 5 71.4 Affected 17 70.8 6 35.3 11 64.7 Sub-total 24 100.0 8 33.3 16 66.7 Others 40 0.6 14 35.0 26 65.0

Sources: Department of Social Welfare and Development National Statistical Coordination Board, Statistically Speaking… ABUSED CHILDREN! by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

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TABLE 7 Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse, by Sex, by Age and by Region: 2009

Number of Child Abuse Abandoned Merged Region Cases Served Both Sexes Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 6,524 2,208 4,316 593 498 1,197 1,215

NCR 663 225 438 98 62 86 76 CAR 208 74 134 23 11 48 45 I -Ilocos Region 415 114 301 73 71 33 51 II - Cagayan Valley 499 192 307 10 10 156 155 III-Central Luzon 660 156 504 63 33 48 46 IVA - CALABARZON 106 24 82 4 12 7 6 IVB - MIMAROPA 87 27 60 15 14 9 8 V-Bicol Region 187 66 121 12 7 39 36 VI-Western Visayas 195 49 146 32 43 2 1 VII - Central Visayas 867 310 557 82 78 159 168 VIII - Eastern Visayas 396 121 275 14 19 91 102 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,485 607 878 54 53 430 444 X - Northern Mindanao 336 111 225 34 44 53 40 XI - Davao Region 189 70 119 28 17 29 30 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 154 46 108 38 21 4 6 XIII-Caraga 77 16 61 13 3 3 1 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Abandoned Merged Cases Served Both Sexes Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 6,524 2,208 4,316 593 498 1,197 1,215

0 to below 1 5500 296 254 120 92 161 130 1 to below 5 1,0610 525 536 196 139 289 301 5 to below 10 1,4170 535 882 115 122 319 353 10 to below 14 1,5850 457 1,128 73 84 232 244 14 to below 18 1,8620 371 1,491 81 55 187 180 No age bracket 49 24 25 8 6 9 7

Continued

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Table 7 -- Continued

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Abused Region Total Rape Incest Acts of Lasciviousness Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 31 1,898 26 1,071 0 635 5 192

NCR 3 143 0 72 0 50 3 21 CAR 0 67 0 46 0 3 0 18 I-Ilocos Region 1 156 1 94 0 49 0 13 II-Cagayan Valley 0 124 0 72 0 50 0 2 III-Central Luzon 0 299 0 198 0 60 0 41 IVA-CALABARZON 3 50 3 13 0 30 0 7 IVB-MIMAROPA 3 38 1 17 0 12 2 9 V-Bicol Region 8 66 8 24 0 39 0 3 VI-Western Visayas 0 86 0 56 0 23 0 7 VII-Central Visayas 0 224 0 121 0 82 0 21 VIII-Eastern Visayas 1 90 1 45 0 43 0 2 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 10 288 10 161 0 90 0 37 X-Northern Mindanao 0 104 0 72 0 32 0 0 XI-Davao Region 2 49 2 27 0 17 0 5 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 0 59 0 31 0 24 0 4 XIII-Caraga 0 55 0 22 0 31 0 2 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Abused Total Rape Incest Acts of Lasciviousness Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 31 1,898 26 1,071 0 635 5 192 0 to below 1 0 19 0 9 0 6 0 4 1 to below 5 0 65 0 45 0 9 0 11 5 to below 10 12 305 11 160 0 99 1 46 10 to below 14 7 627 5 352 0 224 2 51 14 to below 18 12 882 10 505 0 297 2 80 No age bracket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Continued

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Table 7 -- Continued

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Exploited Region Victims Victims Victims Victims of Cyber Total of Prostitution of Pedophilia of Pornography Pornography Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 23 107 0 63 1 19 0 3 22 22

NCR 0 29 021 05 00 03 CAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I-Ilocos Region 0 9 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 II-Cagayan Valley 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 III-Central Luzon 0 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 IVA-CALABARZON 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 IVB - MIMAROPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V-Bicol Region 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 VI-Western Visayas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VII-Central Visayas 0 9 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 VIII-Eastern Visayas 0 10 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 23 17 0 1 1 2 0 0 22 14 X-Northern Mindanao 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 XI-Davao Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XIII-Caraga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Exploited Victims Victims Victims Victims of Cyber Total of Prostitution of Pedophilia of Pornography Pornography Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 23 107 0 63 1 19 0 3 22 22 0 to below 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 to below 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 to below 10 5 11 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 5 10 to below 14 12 25 0 10 0 11 0 2 12 2 14 to below 18 6 67 0 50 0 5 0 0 6 12 No age bracket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Continued

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Table 7 -- Continued

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Physically Abused/ Victims of Child Victims of Illegal Victim of Child Region Maltreated Labor Recruitment Trafficking Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 291 296 28 55 0 7 23 198

NCR 26 32 5 25 0 0 7 65 CAR 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 I-Ilocos Region 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 II-Cagayan Valley 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 III-Central Luzon 32 48 8 9 0 0 3 49 IVA-CALABARZON 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 12 IVB-MIMAROPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 V-Bicol Region 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 VI-Western Visayas 13 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 VII-Central Visayas 68 54 0 0 0 1 1 23 VIII-Eastern Visayas 13 23 1 8 0 2 0 12 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 68 54 12 5 0 3 0 1 X-Northern Mindanao 22 17 0 3 0 1 1 8 XI-Davao Region 7 16 0 3 0 0 1 4 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 XIII-Caraga 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Physically Abused/ Victims of Child Victims of Illegal Victim of Child Maltreated Labor Recruitment Trafficking Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 291 296 28 55 0 7 23 198 0 to below 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 9 1 to below 5 33 21 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 to below 10 79 73 1 4 0 0 0 4 10 to below 14 114 107 10 24 0 1 2 9 14 to below 18 61 85 17 27 0 6 1 170 No age bracket 0 7 0 0 0 0 7 4

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Table 7 -- Concluded

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Percent (%) Victims of Armed Conclict Others Distribution Region Total Involved Affected 1/ of Total Child Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Abuse Cases Served

Philippines 8 16 2 5 6 11 14 26 100.0 NCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10.2 CAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 I-Ilocos Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 II-Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 III-Central Luzon 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10.1 IVA-CALABARZON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 IVB-MIMAROPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 V-Bicol Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 VI-Western Visayas 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 3.0 VII-Central Visayas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.3 VIII-Eastern Visayas 1 6 0 1 1 5 0 3 6.1 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 13 22.8 X-Northern Mindanao 1 5 0 4 1 1 0 1 5.2 XI-Davao Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.9 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2.4 XIII-Caraga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Percent (%) Victims of Armed Conclict Others Distribution Total Involved Affected 1/ of Total Child Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Abuse Cases Served

Age Group 8 16 2 5 6 11 14 26 100.0 0 to below 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8.4 1 to below 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16.3 5 to below 10 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 8 21.7 10 to below 14 2 5 1 2 1 3 5 2 24.3 14 to below 18 3 9 1 3 2 6 3 10 28.5 No age bracket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8

Notes: 0 No reported cases 1/ Others include emotionally abused, sexually abused/molested, exploited children, etc. Sources: Department of Social Welfare and Development National Statistical Coordination Board, Statistically Speaking… ABUSED CHILDREN! by Dr. Romulo A. Virola

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TABLE 8 Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse, by Sex, by Age and by Region: 2010

Number of Child Abuse Abandoned Merged Region Cases Served Both Sexes Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 4,749 1,611 3,138 775 658 588 491

NCR 1,404 570 834 352 370 137 91 CAR 136 56 80 22 15 32 26 I - Ilocos Region 162 17 145 10 13 6 13 II - Cagayan Valley 247 159 88 4 8 104 14 III - Central Luzon 738 290 448 129 78 128 79 IVA - CALABARZON 109 11 98 4 0 6 13 IVB - MIMAROPA 74 5 69 0 0 4 12 V - Bicol Region 151 39 112 20 11 18 28 VI - Western Visayas 213 54 159 46 46 2 6 VII - Central Visayas 406 95 311 34 30 37 56 VIII - Eastern Visayas 223 66 157 21 9 36 46 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 231 50 181 24 12 20 23 X - Northern Mindanao 221 78 143 43 19 32 27 XI - Davao Region 185 56 129 23 21 14 18 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 162 51 111 31 18 10 28 XIII-Caraga 87 14 73 12 8 2 11 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Abandoned Merged Cases Served Both Sexes Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 4,749 1,611 3,138 775 658 588 491

0 to below 1 4120 232 180 136 105 76 59 1 to below 5 7530 372 381 220 168 134 116 5 to below 10 8930 425 468 222 173 140 99 10 to below 14 1,0610 293 768 99 112 136 122 14 to below 18 1,5570 251 1,306 82 96 88 89 No age bracket 73 38 35 16 4 14 6

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Table 8 -- Continued

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Abused Region Total Rape Incest Acts of Lasciviousness Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Philippines 79 1,216 67 640 5 480 7 96

NCR 26 142 23 72 0 49 3 21 CAR 0 25 0 15 0 9 0 1 I-Ilocos Region 0 92 0 31 0 51 0 10 II-Cagayan Valley 38 45 37 37 1 4 0 4 III-Central Luzon 6 192 2 129 0 44 4 19 IVA-CALABARZON 0 64 0 18 0 40 0 6 IVB-MIMAROPA 0 37 0 22 0 9 0 6 V-Bicol Region 0 61 0 18 0 37 0 6 VI-Western Visayas 0 80 0 58 0 18 0 4 VII-Central Visayas 1 97 0 48 1 43 0 6 VIII-Eastern Visayas 0 58 0 23 0 30 0 5 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 0 117 0 58 0 55 0 4 X-Northern Mindanao 0 70 0 43 0 25 0 2 XI-Davao Region 0 58 0 34 0 24 0 0 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 8 36 5 16 3 18 0 2 XIII-Caraga 0 42 0 18 0 24 0 0 ARMM ------

Number of Child Abuse Cases Served by Type of Abuse Sexually-Abused Total Rape Incest Acts of Lasciviousness Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Age Group 79 1,216 67 640 5 480 7 96 0 to below 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 to below 5 0 32 0 19 0 13 0 0 5 to below 10 21 134 18 69 0 57 3 8 10 to below 14 36 403 30 215 2 154 4 34 14 to below 18 19 633 19 326 0 253 0 54 No age bracket 3 10 0 7 3 3 0 0

Continued

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Table 8 -- Continued

Philippines 7 120 0 66 6 7 1 7 0 40

NCR 0 56 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 28 CAR 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 I-Ilocos Region 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 II-Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 III-Central Luzon 4 7 0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 IVA - CALABARZON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IVB - MIMAROPA 0 6 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 V-Bicol Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VI - Western Visayas 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 VII-Central Visayas 3 26 0 8 3 0 0 6 0 12 VIII - Eastern Visayas 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X-Northern Mindanao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XI-Davao Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 XIII-Caraga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ARMM ------

Age Group 7 120 0 66 6 7 1 7 0 40 0 to below 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 to below 5 0 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 to below 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 to below 14 4 30 0 10 3 5 1 5 0 10 14 to below 18 3 44 0 14 3 2 0 2 0 26 No age bracket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Continued

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Table 8 -- Continued

Philippines 104 200 14 55 0 2 22 368

NCR 34 48 7 39 0 0 14 72 CAR 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 I-Ilocos Region 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 12 II-Cagayan Valley 8 7 0 2 0 0 5 12 III-Central Luzon 19 34 3 3 0 0 1 55 IVA-CALABARZON 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 IVB-MIMAROPA 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 V-Bicol Region 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 VI-Western Visayas 6 10 0 4 0 0 0 9 VII-Central Visayas 18 32 2 2 0 2 0 66 VIII-Eastern Visayas 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 25 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 6 21 0 0 0 0 0 8 X-Northern Mindanao 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 18 XI-Davao Region 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 18 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 21 XIII-Caraga 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 ARMM ------

Age Group 104 200 14 55 0 2 22 368 0 to below 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 to below 5 13 19 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 to below 10 31 44 7 2 0 0 0 12 10 to below 14 16 59 0 6 0 0 2 32 14 to below 18 40 72 6 38 0 2 13 312 No age bracket 2 6 1 9 0 0 2 0

Continued

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Table 8 -- Concluded

Philippines 4 26 1 2 3 24 18 2 100.0 NCR 0 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 29.6 CAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 I-Ilocos Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 II-Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 III-Central Luzon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.5 IVA-CALABARZON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 IVB-MIMAROPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 V-Bicol Region 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 VI-Western Visayas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 VII-Central Visayas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.6 VIII-Eastern Visayas 3 8 0 2 3 6 0 0 4.7 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 X-Northern Mindanao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 XI-Davao Region 1 2 1 0 0 2 18 2 3.9 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 XIII-Caraga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 ARMM ------

Age Group 4 26 1 2 3 24 18 2 100.0 0 to below 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 18 2 8.7 1 to below 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.9 5 to below 10 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 18.8 10 to below 14 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 22.3 14 to below 18 0 20 0 2 0 18 0 0 32.8 No age bracket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5

Section I – POPULATION AND HOUSING `

Cagayan de Oro City programs for national and local development. Posts an Annual Population Growth Rate Using 12:01 in the morning of August 1, 2007 as reference period, all of 2.5 Percent (Results persons were enumerated in their usual From the 2007 Census place of residence, which was the geographic place (street, barangay, sitio, of Population) municipality, or province) where the persons usually reside.

Definition of Terms

– Growth rate the rate at which the population is increasing (or decreasing) in a given period due to natural increase and net migration expressed as a percentage of the base population

– Household - a social unit consisting of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have common arrangements in Introduction the preparation and consumption of food

In August 2007, the National Institutional Population – the Statistics Office (NSO) conducted the population enumerated in institutional 2007 Census of Population. This th living quarters or institution such as jails nationwide undertaking was the 12 or prisons, military camps, convents or population census conducted in the seminaries, mental hospitals, leprosaria, country. and the like

Like the previous censuses, the Total population –- the sum of 2007 Census of Population is designed household population and institutional to take an inventory of the total population population in the Philippines and to collect information about their Average household size –- characteristics. The census of population average number of persons who live in a is the source of information on the size household computed as household and distribution of the population as well population divided by the corresponding as information about the demographic, total number of households in that area social, economic, and cultural characteristics. These information are Sex ratio – ratio of males to vital for making rational plans and females in a given population expressed

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as the number of males per 100 females FIGURE 1 Top Ten Barangays: 2007 Median Age – age at which exactly half of the population is M acabalan 20,163 younger than this age and other half M acasandig 20,995 older Camaman-an 22,675 Overall dependency ratio – ratio Gusa 24,763 of persons in the dependent ages (under Bulua 26,468 15 years old and over 64 years old) to persons in the working age (15 to 64 Bugo 27,581 Barangay years old). Balulang 31,595

Kauswagan 32,720

Analysis of Tables Lapasan 40,196

Carmen 52,633 Total population rises to 553,966 persons 0 20,000 40,000 60,000

Total Population Cagayan de Oro City posted a total population of 553,966 persons as of Males outnumber females August 1, 2007. This represents an increase of 92,089 persons over the total The household population in population of 461,877 persons in 2000. Cagayan de Oro City had 273,483 males The 2007 figure translated to an annual and 276,917 females, which resulted in a population growth rate of 2.5 percent for sex ratio of 99 males for every 100 the period 2000 to 2007. females. In 2000, the sex ratio was 98 males for every 100 females (Table 1.2). The number of households also rose by 22,699 from 93,525 in 2000 to FIGURE 2 Age-Sex Pyramid 116,224 in 2007. This resulted in an of Household Population: 2007 average household size of 4.7 persons, a 80 and over slight decrease from the 2000 average 75 - 79 Male Female 70 - 74 household size of 4.9 persons (Table 65 - 69 1.1). A 60 - 64 g 55 - 59 50 - 54 Carmen is the most populated e 45 - 49 barangay 40 - 44 g 35 - 39 r 30 - 34 Cagayan de Oro City is one of the 25 - 29 highly urbanized cities, which comprised o 20 - 24 of 80 barangays. Of these barangays, u 15 - 19 p 10 - 14 Carmen (9.5%) was the most populated 5 - 9 barangay, followed by barangays 0 - 4 Lapasan (7.3%), Kauswagan (5.9%), 765432101234567 Balulang (5.7%), and Bugo (5.0%). The Percent to total household population rest of the barangays had share of

less than five percent each to the Median age is 22 years total population of the province (Table

1.1). Cagayan de Oro City recorded a

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median age of 22 years in 2007. This 2007 was lower compared to the 2000 means that half of the household ratio of 61 persons per 100 working-age population was below 22 years old. The population (Table 1.2). median age in 2000 was 21 years. More females among widowed, Persons aged 15 to 19 years divorced or separated, and common comprised the largest age group law or live-in (11.6%), probably due to in-migration of students or workers to Cagayan de Oro In 2007, about 46.0 percent of the City. household population 10 years old and over were never-married, while 45.0 There were more males than percent were married. These figures females in the age brackets zero to 14 were slightly higher than the years, 35 to 39 years, and 50 to 59 corresponding proportion of never- years. On the other hand, there were married persons (45.2%) and married more females than males in the age persons (44.9%) recorded in 2000. On groups 15 to 34 years, 40 to 49 years, the other hand, there were increases in and 60 years old and over due to longer the proportion of widowed and life span of females than males (Table divorced/separated persons from 3.2 1.2). percent to 3.6 percent and from 1.0 percent to 1.2 percent from 2000 to Three out of five persons are in the 2007, respectively. voting age group A higher proportion (51.3%) of Three out of five (60.5%) of the males among the never-married was household population belonged to the observed in 2007. On the other hand, the voting-age population (18 years and proportion of females were higher among over). This is slightly higher than the married (50.6%), widowed (76.3%), proportion of voting-age population divorced or separated (63.1%), and (58.4%) recorded in 2000. The proportion common law or live-in (50.2%) (Table of females (50.8%) to the total voting-age 1.3). population was slightly higher than that of the males (49.2%) in 2007 (Table 1.2). More females pursue higher levels of education Dependency ratio down to 56 Of the household population five The proportion of household years old and over, 26.2 percent population belonging to age group zero attended or completed elementary to 14 years was 32.6 percent. The oldest education, 34.3 percent reached high group (65 years and over) posted a school, 12.9 percent were college share of 3.3 percent while the working- undergraduates, and 13.5 percent were age population (15 to 64 years) had a academic degree holders. share of 64.1 percent of the household population. Among academic degree holders and among those with post The overall dependency ratio in baccalaureate courses, more than half Cagayan de Oro City in 2007 was 55.9. were females: academic degree holders, This means that for every 100 persons 54.3 percent and post baccalaureate aged 15 to 64 years, there were about 56 degree holders, 53.8 percent (Table 1.4). dependents (51 young and 5 old dependents). The dependency ratio in Among the household population

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5 to 24 years old, 63.3 percent attended Source of Information school at anytime during School Year (SY) 2007 to 2008. There were more Data were taken from the original males (50.4%) than females (49.6%) who application forms of approved building attended school during the said school permits collected by NSO field personnel year (Table 1.5). from local building officials nationwide.

There are 103 households for every Limitations 100 occupied housing units Data on private building A total of 116,224 households constructions refer to those proposed to resided in 113,321 housing units in be constructed or construction work Cagayan de Oro City. This translated to started during the reference period and a ratio of 103 households for every 100 not to construction work completed occupied housing units, or 4.9 persons during the reference period. per occupied housing unit. In 2000, the ratio of households to occupied housing The completeness of the number units was the same (Table 1.6). of building permits collected relies on the applications filed and approved by the Proportion of occupied housing units Offices of Local Building Officials (LBOs). with roofs and outer walls made of Hence, private building constructions strong materials increase without approved building permits are not included in the tabulation of data. Majority of the occupied housing units in Cagayan de Oro City had roofs Definition of Terms made of galvanized iron/aluminum (87.2%), up by 4.4 percentage points Building permit – a written authorization from the proportion in 2000. Meanwhile, granted by the LBO to an applicant more than one-third (37.1%) of the allowing him to proceed with the occupied housing units in 2007 had outer construction of a specific project after walls made of concrete or brick or stone, plans, specifications, and other pertinent indicating an increase of 4.1 percentage documents have been found to be in points from the 2000 figure (Table 1.6). conformity with the National Building Code (PD 1096)

Private Building Building - any independent, free Construction Statistics standing structure comprising of one or more rooms or other spaces, covered by Second Quarter 2010 a roof and enclosed with external walls or (Preliminary Results) dividing walls, which extend the foundation to the roof

Scope and Coverage Residential building – a building for which its major parts or more than half of Private construction statistics its gross floor area is built for dwelling from approved building permits relate to purposes; this type of building can be of data on new constructions and additions, the single type, duplex, an apartment alterations, and repairs of residential and and/or accessoria, and residential non-residential buildings and other condominium structures undertaken in all regions and provinces of the country. Single house – a complete structure

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intended for a single family balconies are excluded

Duplex – a structure intended for two Total value of construction – the sum households with complete living facilities of the cost of building, electrical, for each; a single structure divided into mechanical, plumbing, and others; the two dwelling units by a wall extending value is derived from the approved from the floor to the ceiling building permit and represents the estimated value of the building or Apartment – a structure, usually of two structure when completed. storeys, made up of independent living quarters, with independent entrances Analysis of Tables from internal walls and courts Construction projects post 28,389 in Accessoria – a one-or two-floor the second quarter structure divided into several dwelling units, each dwelling unit having its own FIGUR E 3 Number of Construction Projects separate entrance from the outside by Type of Construction Second Quarter 2009 and 2010

Residential condominium – a structure, 25,000 usually of several storeys, consisting of 22,033 22,122 multiple dwelling units 20,000 2010 Other residential constructions – 2009 15,000 consist of school or company staff houses, living quarters for drivers and 10,000 maids, and guardhouses Number

5,000 Non-residential building – this type 3,020 3,148 3,336 3,458 includes commercial, industrial, agricultural, and institutional buildings 0 Residential Non-residential Additions, alterations/

Additions or alterations and repairs – Type of building repair construction works by which the utility of building or structure is raised or at least The country’s construction renewed, or which materially extends the projects from approved building permits normal life of the building or structure summed up to 28,389 during the second quarter of 2010. This reflects a 1.2 Demolitions – the systematic percent annual decrease from 28,726 dismantling or destruction of a building or constructions projects during the same structure or in part period in 2009.

Street furniture –- street structures Residential type building in the consisting of monuments, waiting sheds, second quarter of 2010 recorded a total benches, plant boxes, lampposts, electric of 22,033, slightly lower by 0.4 percent poles, and telephone poles than last year’s total residential construction of 22,122. Similarly, non- Floor area of building – the sum of the residential construction for the period area of each floor of the building slumped 4.1 percent to 3,020 from 3,148 measured to the outer surface of the non-residential constructions during the outer walls including the area of lobbies, same quarter of 2009. cellars, elevator shafts, and all communal spaces in multidwellings; areas of Moreover, construction for

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additions, alterations and repairs with a quarter 2010. combined total of 3,336, dropped 3.5 percent from 3,456 reported on a Value of construction surges 39.3 quarter-on-quarter basis. percent to PhP49.1 billion

The country’s highest number of Total value of construction during construction projects by region were the second quarter of 2010 rose 39.3 located in CALABARZON (Region IVA) percent to PhP49.1 billion from its with 9,606 or 33.8 percent of the total. previous quarter value of PhP35.2 billion. National Capital Region (NCR) with 3,642 constructions (12.8%) ranked Value of residential building second, followed by Central Luzon construction also exhibited an increase of (Region III) with 2,980 constructions 25.2 percent amounting to PhP25.2 representing 10.5 percent of the total. billion from PhP20.2 billion registered Completing the list were Central Visayas during the same quarter of 2009. (Region VII) with 2,138 constructions (7.5%) and Davao Region (Region XI) Similarly, value of non-residential with 1,829 constructions (6.4%) (Table construction, remarkably posted a growth 1.7). of 71.6 percent amounting to PhP20.4 billion from PhP11.9 billion registered FIGURE 4 Distribution of Constru ction Projects during the same period of 2009. by Region: Second Quarter 2010

In addition, combined value for PHILIPPINES = 28,389 additions, alterations and repairs estimated at PHP3.4 billion, also CAR = 221 (0.8 %) increased by 8.4 percent from PHP3.2 Region 1 = 1,792 (6.3 %) billion reported during the same period of Region 2 = 743 (2.6 %) 2009 (Figure 5). Region 3 = 2,980 (10.5 %) Region 4A = 9,606 (33.8%) NCR = 3,642 (12.8 %) FIGURE 5 Value of Construction Region 5 = by Type: Second Quarter 2009-2010 Region 4B = 488 (1.7%) 343 (1.2%) Region 8 = 30 Region 6 = 527 (1.9%) 802 (2.8%) Region 10 = 25.2 2010 1,771 (6.2%) 25 2009 20.4 Region 7 = Region 11 = 20.2 2,138 (7.5%) 20 1,829 (6.4%) Region 9 = CARAGA = 662 (2.3%) 389 (1.4%) 15 11.9 ARMM=

41 (0.1%) Region 12 = 10 415 (1.5%)

(In billion Value pesos) 5 3.4 3.2

At the provincial level, Cavite reported the biggest number of 0 Residential Non-residential Additions, construction projects with 3,299 or 11.6 alterations/repair percent of the total. This was followed by Type of building the province of Laguna with 2,696 (9.5%) construction projects. Other provinces Across the country, value of which exceeded a thousand mark were construction for the NCR had always Batangas with 1,640 (5.8%), Rizal, 1,593 remained highest at PhP25.3 billion, (5.6%) and Pampanga, 1,025 (3.6%) accounting for 51.5 percent share of the construction projects during the second total value. Region IVA and Region III 32 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

ranked a far second and third with shares building construction had an estimated of 16.5 percent (PhP8.1 billion) and 7.0 construction value of PHP2.6 billion with percent (PhP3.4 billion), respectively total floor area of 396.9 thousand square (Table 1.7). meters or an average cost of PhP6,468 per square meter (Table 1.8 and Figure Single type dominates residential 6). construction Average cost of non-residential Total value of construction for constructions is PhP8,453 residential buildings reached PhP25.2 billion with a total floor area of 3.0 million During the second quarter of square meters, translating to an average 2010, value of non-residential cost of PhP8,384 per square meter. This construction was PhP20.4 billion pesos represents an increase of 10.8 percent with a total floor area of 2.4 million compared with the average cost of square meters. This translates to an PhP7,564 per square meter of the average cost of PhP8,453 per square previous year. meter.

Single type residential units Commercial type dominated all numbered to 19,945 (90.5%), indicating other types of non-residential the highest among residential building construction numbering to 1,723 or 57.1 constructions. Total value of construction percent of the total. Value of construction for this type reached PhP12.9 billion for this type was estimated at PhP13.6 covering a total floor area of 1.7 million billion covering a total floor area of 1.5 square meters translating to an average million square meters or an average cost cost of PhP7,380 per square meter. of PhP8,948 per square meter.

FIGURE 6 Number and Value of Residential Institutional building construction, Building Construction by Type Second Quarter 2010 which ranked a far second, recorded to 520 (17.2%), with construction value of In thousand In billion pesos 28 PhP3.2 billion and a total floor area of 24 2.2 363.8 thousand square meters or an Others 7.3 24 average cost of PhP8,788 per square 20 meter.

20 38.8 The least number of non- 16 16 residential construction was reported for agricultural type with 116 or 3.8 percent Apartment/ 10.2 12 Accessoria of the total. Construction value was 90.5 12 estimated at PhP137.4 million covering a 8 total floor area of 59.4 thousand square 8 Single 51.0 meters, translating to an average cost of Type PhP2,315 per square meter (Table 1.9 4 4 and Figure 7).

0 0 Number Value

Apartment/accessoria followed next with 1,605 applications representing 7.3 percent of total residential construction. This type of residential

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FIGURE 7 Number and Value of Non-Residential Construction by Type Second Quarter 2010

Number Value

18 2,000 1,723 16

14 13.6 1,500 12

10 1,000 8

6 520 500 3.2 Value (In Value billion pesos) 4 350 311 2.9 2 116 0.6 0.1 - 0 Commercial Institutional Others Industrial Agricultural Commercial Institutional Industrial Others Agricultural Type of Building Type of Building 34 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE S TATISTICS

TABLE 1.1 Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households of Top 10 Barangays: 2007

Total Household Number Barangay Population Population of Households

Cagayan de Oro City 553,966 550,400 116,224 Carmen 52,633 52,364 11,394 Lapasan 40,196 39,853 8,751 Kauswagan 32,720 32,645 6,842 Balulang 31,595 31,476 6,919 Bugo 27,581 27,534 5,718 Bulua 26,468 26,468 5,387 Gusa 24,763 24,722 5,197 Camaman-an 22,675 22,356 4,625 Macasandig 20,995 20,922 4,364 Macabalan 20,163 20,141 4,013

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

TABLE 1.2 Household Population by Age Group and Sex and Sex Ratio by Age Group: 2007

Age Group Both Sexes Male Female Sex Ratio

Total 550,400 273,483 276,917 98.8

Under 1 13,084 6,793 6,291 108.0 1-4 50,441 25,969 24,472 106.1 5-9 58,724 30,105 28,619 105.2 10-14 57,246 28,799 28,447 101.2 15-19 64,010 30,467 33,543 90.8 20-24 56,504 27,620 28,884 95.6 25-29 49,140 24,421 24,719 98.8 30-34 40,301 20,029 20,272 98.8 35-39 36,296 18,238 18,058 101.0 40-44 30,912 15,379 15,533 99.0 45-49 27,473 13,537 13,936 97.1 50-54 22,799 11,413 11,386 100.2 55-59 16,075 8,145 7,930 102.7 60-64 9,448 4,661 4,787 97.4 65-69 7,273 3,412 3,861 88.4 70-74 4,913 2,122 2,791 76.0 75-79 2,926 1,226 1,700 72.1 80 and over 2,835 1,147 1,688 68.0

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

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TABLE 1.3 Household Population 10 Years Old and Over by Marital Status and Sex: 2007

Marital Status Both Sexes Male Female

Total 428,151 210,616 217,535 Single 196,018 100,538 95,480 Married 192,788 95,143 97,645 Widowed 15,361 3,646 11,715 Divorced/Separated 5,176 1,908 3,268 Common Law/Live-in 16,963 8,455 8,508 Unknown 1,845 926 919

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

TABLE 1.4 Household Population Five Years Old and Over by Highest Educational Attainment and Sex: 2007

Highest Educational Attainment Both Sexes Male Female

Total 486,875 240,721 246,154 No grade completed 21,210 11,231 9,979 Preschool 12,599 6,502 6,097 Elementary 127,555 66,409 61,146 High school 167,149 80,488 86,661 Post secondary 15,276 7,980 7,296 College undergraduate 62,659 31,004 31,655 Academic degree holder 65,636 29,979 35,657 Post baccalaureate 1,823 842 981 Not stated 12,968 6,286 6,682

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

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TABLE 1.5 Household Population Five to 24 Years Old Who Were Attending School by Sex and Age Group: 2007

Household Household Population Population Sex 5 to 24 5 to 24 Years Years Old Old Who Were Age Group Attending School 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24

Total 236,484 149,772 50,221 52,345 36,100 11,106 Male 116,991 75,442 25,511 26,143 17,831 5,957 Female 119,493 74,330 24,710 26,202 18,269 5,149

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

TABLE 1.6 Occupied Housing Units by Construction Materials of the Roof and Outer Walls: 2007

Construction Materials of the Roof Galvanized Iron/ Tile/ Half Wood Cogon/ Construction Aluminum Concrete/ Galvanized Nipa/ Materials of the Total Occupied Clay Tile Iron Anahaw Outer Walls Housing Units and Half Concrete

Total 113,321 98,842 630 4,868 2,669 4,751 Concrete/brick/ stone 41,990 40,698 418 371 315 52 Wood 37,794 31,935 84 1,326 1,650 2,287 Half concrete/ brick/ stone and half wood 25,821 22,025 102 2,927 314 160 Galvanized iron/ aluminum 948 581 20 75 259 11 Bamboo/sawali/ cogon/nipa 5,147 2,800 - 136 75 2,077 Asbestos 18 16 - 2 - - Glass 28 18 2 1 2 - Makeshift/ salvaged/ improvised material 1,070 571 - 23 29 135 Others/ not reported 504 198 3 7 25 29 No walls 1 - 1 - - -

Continued

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Table 1.6 -- Concluded

Construction Materials of the Roof Construction Makeshift/ Asbestos/ Not Materials of the Salvaged/ Others Reported Outer Walls Improvised Materials

Total 907 88 566 Concrete/brick/ stone 17 25 94 Wood 343 32 137 Half concrete/ brick/ stone and half wood 221 16 56 Galvanized iron/ aluminum 1 - 1 Bamboo/sawali/ cogon/nipa 23 9 27 Asbestos --- Glass - 1 4 Makeshift/ salvaged/ improvised material 301 2 9 Others/ not reported 1 3 238 No walls ---

Source: National Statistics Office, 2007 Census of Population

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TABLE 1.7 Number, Floor Area, and Value of Building Construction by Type of Building and Region: Second Quarter 2010 (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Total Residential Nonresidential Region Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Area Value

Philippines 28,389 5,599,500 49,082,420 22,033 3,010,235 25,238,196 3,020 2,415,354 20,417,264 NCR 3,642 2,428,413 25,272,534 2,054 1,166,489 12,155,296 453 1,203,151 11,118,585 CAR 221 69,167 868,720 164 29,385 259,137 34 37,895 590,020 I - Ilocos Region 1,792 188,620 1,378,171 1,455 133,651 928,069 244 52,400 388,515 II -Cagayan Valley 743 91,260 476,357 594 42,350 257,604 64 48,495 197,595 III - Central Luzon 2,980 424,250 3,429,934 2,255 275,509 2,016,666 321 134,895 1,174,114 IVA - CALABARZON 9,606 1,020,746 8,080,801 8,116 739,412 5,595,623 516 236,586 1,942,849 IVB-MIMAROPA 343 71,293 485,411 262 42,474 255,854 72 28,266 221,973 V - Bicol Region 488 73,303 522,321 371 44,287 260,968 71 28,504 231,023 VI - Western Visayas 802 208,770 1,746,699 610 89,454 698,993 133 116,171 988,257 VII - Central Visayas 2,138 367,441 2,650,889 1,778 144,437 956,976 253 216,397 1,572,148 VIII - Eastern Visayas 527 66,728 509,975 366 37,557 270,416 93 22,094 163,281 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 389 27,580 119,199 344 19,141 75,470 39 8,081 40,382 X -Northern Mindanao 1,771 143,458 823,171 1,572 77,774 445,478 157 63,413 359,536 XI - Davao Region 1,829 280,087 1,858,030 1,289 107,080 728,680 359 161,662 1,024,090 XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 415 75,069 517,835 243 24,728 155,989 114 31,455 252,995 XIII - Caraga 662 59,824 325,822 531 33,875 166,921 93 25,129 146,315 ARMM 41 3,491 16,542 29 2,632 10,047 4 760 5,578

Alterations Additions or Repairs Demolitions Street Furniture Num- Floor Num- Num- Num- ber Area Value ber Valueber Value ber Value

Philippines 1,257 173,911 1,332,178 2,079 2,094,780 78 21,281 302 206,707 NCR 232 58,773 607,292 903 1,391,359 64 4,716 55 76,870 CAR 14 1,887 10,795 9 8,767 - - 1 600 I -Ilocos Region 37 2,569 17,192 56 44,393 - - 79 44,588 II -Cagayan Valley 12 415 2,544 73 18,612 2 38 - - III - Central Luzon 97 13,846 70,397 307 168,756 1 661 29 9,219 IVA -CALABARZON 628 44,748 345,969 346 196,359 2 18 66 21,838 IVB - MIMAROPA 5 553 6,612 4 969 - - - - V-Bicol Region 7 512 4,393 39 25,935 - - - - VI - Western Visayas 19 3,145 15,672 40 43,776 510,957 28 10,001 VII - Central Visayas 34 6,607 56,385 73 65,378 - - 24 19,433 VIII-Eastern Visayas 14 7,077 36,502 54 39,775 1 50 6 947 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 4 358 2,105 2 1,240 - - - - X - Northern Mindanao 28 2,271 11,399 14 6,756 - - 4 779 XI - Davao Region 75 11,345 57,663 106 47,596 - - 6 663 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 29 18,886 83,834 29 25,017 2 4,789 2 1,413 XIII-Caraga 16 820 3,078 22 9,507 1 50 2 20,350 ARMM 6 99 337 2 579 - - - - - Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

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TABLE 1.8 Number of New Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction by Type of Building by Region: Second Quarter 2010 (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Total Single Duplex/Quadruplex Region Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber AreaValue ber Area Value

Philippines 22,033 3,010,235 25,238,196 19,945 1,744,175 12,871,209 335 52,558 359,200 NCR 2,054 1,166,489 12,155,296 1,528 311,390 2,733,879 60 16,884 123,789 CAR 164 29,385 259,137 134 20,704 182,421 10 1,302 13,288 I -Ilocos Region 1,455 133,651 928,069 1,419 124,281 861,607 18 3,007 19,863 II -Cagayan Valley 594 42,350 257,604 585 40,274 239,842 1 242 2,852 III -Central Luzon 2,255 275,509 2,016,666 2,002 210,697 1,548,433 58 4,139 38,465 IVA -CALABARZON 8,116 739,412 5,595,623 7,131 483,443 3,807,171 141 19,596 101,264 IVB-MIMAROPA 262 42,474 255,854 254 40,900 240,087 1 177 1,845 V -Bicol Region 371 44,287 260,968 291 34,684 202,633 4 425 3,112 VI -Western Visayas 610 89,454 698,993 591 84,739 667,452 6 828 5,338 VII -Central Visayas 1,778 144,437 956,976 1,723 132,110 854,684 17 3,601 31,979 VIII -Eastern Visayas 366 37,557 270,416 340 32,379 229,765 7 767 5,661 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 344 19,141 75,470 339 18,392 69,366 2 209 1,300 X -Northern Mindanao 1,572 77,774 445,478 1,562 74,346 411,392 3 874 5,964 XI -Davao Region 1,289 107,080 728,680 1,260 79,825 516,715 3 247 2,677 XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 243 24,728 155,989 235 21,921 140,956 3 165 1,610 XIII-Caraga 531 33,875 166,921 522 31,458 154,752 1 95 183 ARMM 29 2,632 10,047 29 2,632 10,047 - - -

Apartment/Accessoria Residential Condominium Others Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber AreaValue ber Area Value

Philippines 1,605 396,937 2,567,278 23 803,208 9,347,367 125 13,357 93,139 NCR 437 150,184 1,190,769 20 686,556 8,095,395 9 1,475 11,463 CAR 20 7,37963,427 ------I-Ilocos Region 18 6,363 46,598 ------II-Cagayan Valley 8 1,834 14,909 ------III -Central Luzon 189 50,393 333,400 1 9,821 93,435 5 459 2,930 IVA -CALABARZON 831 145,760 660,058 1 89,056 1,015,468 12 1,557 11,660 IVB -MIMAROPA 3 766 8,278 - - - 4 631 5,642 V-Bicol Region 3 3,730 16,421 - - - 73 5,448 38,800 VI-Western Visayas 11 3,453 24,273 - - - 2 434 1,929 VII-Central Visayas 31 8,271 69,161 - - - 7 455 1,151 VIII-Eastern Visayas 15 3,461 28,005 - - - 4 950 6,984 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 1 356 4,441 - - - 2 184 362 X-Northern Mindanao 6 2,541 28,090 - - - 1 13 30 XI -Davao Region 22 8,277 57,927 1 17,775 143,067 3 956 8,291 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 4 2,472 12,146 - - - 1 170 1,274 XIII-Caraga 6 1,697 9,366 - - - 2 625 2,618 ARMM ------Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

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TABLE 1.9 Number of New Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction by Type of Building by Region: Second Quarter 2010 (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Total Commercial Industrial Region Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber AreaValue ber Area Value

Philippines 3,020 2,415,354 20,417,264 1,723 1,517,678 13,579,829 311 474,501 2,938,544 NCR 453 1,203,151 11,118,585 242 890,784 9,039,342 48 253,935 1,520,813 CAR 34 37,895 590,020 24 14,658 145,556 2 454 1,632 I - Ilocos Region 244 52,400 388,515 133 28,807 196,678 18 7,690 29,777 II - Cagayan Valley 64 48,495 197,595 33 8,533 58,200 9 3,698 17,131 III - Central Luzon 321 134,895 1,174,114 182 46,025 317,528 35 58,146 336,659 IVA - CALABARZON 516 236,586 1,942,849 292 114,640 1,134,140 56 54,566 332,572 IVB - MIMAROPA 72 28,266 221,973 48 17,479 84,541 7 2,985 42,598 V - Bicol Region 71 28,504 231,023 50 17,472 78,229 7 3,675 16,287 VI - Western Visayas 133 116,171 988,257 78 36,312 220,031 14 26,821 308,086 VII - Central Visayas 253 216,397 1,572,148 149 170,311 1,229,167 17 10,431 48,281 VIII - Eastern Visayas 93 22,094 163,281 52 12,473 79,742 5 1,204 3,405 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 39 8,081 40,382 18 3,207 17,892 2 474 722 X - Northern Mindanao 157 63,413 359,536 82 27,337 208,103 18 8,944 42,019 XI - Davao Region 359 161,662 1,024,090 200 96,463 552,235 49 31,242 199,530 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 114 31,455 252,995 73 17,039 118,561 15 4,455 26,002 XIII - Caraga 93 25,129 146,315 66 15,634 95,397 8 5,605 12,522 ARMM 4 760 5,578 1 504 4,480 1 176 499

Institutional Agricultural Others Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Value

Philippines 520 363,815 3,197,177 116 59,360 137,413 350 564,299 NCR 56 58,432 507,168 - - - 107 51,259 CAR 6 22,783 441,598 - - - 2 1,231 I -Ilocos Region 50 11,933 113,875 18 3,970 24,526 25 23,657 II -Cagayan Valley 14 34,983 118,485 4 1,281 1,722 4 2,055 III -Central Luzon 59 18,257 165,236 17 12,467 31,699 28 322,990 IVA -CALABARZON 82 48,778 401,046 25 18,602 25,422 61 49,667 IVB -MIMAROPA 8 7,466 86,975 3 336 709 6 7,149 V-Bicol Region 9 7,277 131,541 1 80 587 4 4,378 VI -Western Visayas 26 49,583 435,564 2 3,455 2,890 13 21,684 VII-Central Visayas 51 32,649 267,371 12 3,006 9,010 24 18,317 VIII-Eastern Visayas 25 7,877 71,515 3 540 2,788 8 5,828 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 11 4,342 12,744 1 58 112 7 8,912 X -Northern Mindanao 34 17,354 90,333 13 9,778 14,193 10 4,886 XI -Davao Region 58 32,535 234,727 8 1,422 3,212 44 34,383 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 16 6,100 91,594 8 3,861 14,408 2 2,428 XIII-Caraga 14 3,386 27,317 1 504 6,130 4 4,947 ARMM 1 80 80 - - - 1 518 - Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

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TABLE 1.10 Number of New Commercial Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction by Type of Building by Region: Second Quarter 2010 (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Total Banks Hotel/Motel, etc Region Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Area Value

Philippines 1,723 1,517,678 13,579,829 50 12,561 110,586 243 84,858 681,749 NCR 242 890,784 9,039,342 14 2,376 23,500 16 18,102 143,629 CAR 24 14,658 145,556 - - - 12 10,336 111,383 I - Ilocos Region 133 28,807 196,678 3 588 5,776 24 2,706 19,634 II - Cagayan Valley 33 8,533 58,200 1 1,009 8,270 7 1,184 3,384 III - Central Luzon 182 46,025 317,528 6 1,245 9,529 11 3,574 29,922 IVA - CALABARZON 292 114,640 1,134,140 8 1,588 15,248 16 4,690 46,511 IVB - MIMAROPA 48 17,479 84,541 1 498 3,262 10 1,154 5,562 V - Bicol Region 50 17,472 78,229 4 712 3,339 5 1,067 6,266 VI - Western Visayas 78 36,312 220,031 2 581 2,806 15 9,688 80,075 VII - Central Visayas 149 170,311 1,229,167 4 1,848 21,739 27 8,438 86,424 VIII - Eastern Visayas 52 12,473 79,742 1 70 387 5 2,081 13,505 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 18 3,207 17,892 - - - 3 475 2,754 X - Northern Mindanao 82 27,337 208,103 - - - 16 4,176 25,118 XI - Davao Region 200 96,463 552,235 3 662 3,152 56 12,247 72,753 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 73 17,039 118,561 2 833 8,878 17 3,746 24,818 XIII - Caraga 66 15,634 95,397 1 551 4,695 2 690 5,524 ARMM 1 504 4,480 - - - 1 504 4,480

Condominium/Office Building Store Others Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Area Value

Philippines 380 1,000,373 10,259,729 737 330,860 2,007,891 313 89,026 519,871 NCR 122 795,593 8,432,407 44 54,368 281,824 46 20,345 157,980 CAR 3 852 6,141 5 2,342 19,147 4 1,128 8,884 I - Ilocos Region 5 5,100 24,207 71 16,885 119,431 30 3,528 27,627 II - Cagayan Valley 4 1,578 10,746 16 4,249 33,660 5 513 2,138 III - Central Luzon 49 16,944 109,200 86 16,126 113,988 30 8,136 54,886 IVA - CALABARZON 61 52,747 693,863 149 42,789 288,873 58 12,826 89,643 IVB - MIMAROPA 2 230 2,627 23 6,163 46,897 12 9,434 26,191 V - Bicol Region 21 4,792 42,923 13 2,977 14,899 7 7,924 10,799 VI - Western Visayas 14 14,351 77,476 31 5,355 31,049 16 6,337 28,622 VII - Central Visayas 23 76,121 660,508 68 79,634 429,249 27 4,270 31,245 VIII - Eastern Visayas 2 96 1,050 33 8,276 54,366 11 1,950 10,433 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1 578 2,420 8 1,457 8,782 6 697 3,934 X - Northern Mindanao 13 3,808 23,140 41 17,638 145,931 12 1,715 13,912 XI - Davao Region 48 21,496 130,459 71 57,832 323,633 22 4,226 22,237 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 8 3,273 28,263 32 6,726 40,668 14 2,461 15,932 XIII - Caraga 4 2,814 14,290 46 8,043 55,487 13 3,536 15,400 ARMM ------Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

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TABLE 1.11 Number of New Industrial Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Construction by Type of Building by Region: Second Quarter 2010 (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

Total Factory Repair Shop/Machine Shop Region Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Area Value

Philippines 311 474,501 2,938,544 68 75,224 501,554 23 12,309 89,409 NCR 48 253,935 1,520,813 2 2,574 21,016 2 6,158 60,989 CAR 2 454 1,632 - - - 1 402 1,060 I -Ilocos Region 18 7,690 29,777 1 120 626 1 481 633 II-Cagayan Valley 9 3,698 17,131 ------III -Central Luzon 35 58,146 336,659 9 43,400 263,285 1 144 397 IVA-CALABARZON 56 54,566 332,572 13 17,307 145,363 6 1,734 8,497 IVB-MIMAROPA 7 2,985 42,598 1 200 1,405 1 12 6 V -Bicol Region 7 3,675 16,287 1 462 2,059 1 2,540 11,600 VI -Western Visayas 14 26,821 308,086 3 1,386 16,860 1 133 255 VII-Central Visayas 17 10,431 48,281 1 31 187 2 143 3,091 VIII-Eastern Visayas 5 1,204 3,405 1 152 837 1 66 150 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 2 474 722 - - - 1 24 23 X -Northern Mindanao 18 8,944 42,019 6 901 5,425 1 54 96 XI -Davao Region 49 31,242 199,530 21 4,157 19,367 2 191 1,308 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 15 4,455 26,002 7 2,094 16,881 - - - XIII-Caraga 8 5,605 12,522 2 2,440 8,236 2 227 1,300 ARMM 1176 499 ------

Refinery Printing Press Others Num- Floor Num- Floor Num- Floor ber AreaValue ber Area Value ber Area Value

Philippines 1 63 630 2 1,313 6,714 217 385,592 2,340,235 NCR - - - 1 1,273 6,434 43 243,930 1,432,373 CAR ------1 52571 I - Ilocos Region ------16 7,089 28,516 II - Cagayan Valley ------9 3,698 17,131 III - Central Luzon ------25 14,602 72,975 IVA - CALABARZON ------37 35,525 178,711 IVB - MIMAROPA 1 63 630 - - - 4 2,710 40,556 V - Bicol Region ------5 673 2,627 VI - Western Visayas ------10 25,302 290,970 VII - Central Visayas ------14 10,257 45,002 VIII - Eastern Visayas ------3 986 2,418 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula ------1 450 699 X - Northern Mindanao - - - 1 40 280 10 7,949 36,218 XI - Davao Region ------26 26,894 178,854 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN ------8 2,361 9,120 XIII - Caraga ------4 2,938 2,986 ARMM ------1 176 499 - Source: National Statistics Office, Private Building Construction Statistics

Section II - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Labor Force Survey Households (ISH) Bulletin. Some are given below: July 2010

Labor force – the population 15 years old and over which contributes to the production of goods and services in the country; comprises the employed and unemployed

Employed – persons in the labor force who are reported as either at work or with a job or business although not at work; persons at work are those who did some work, even for an hour during the reference period

Unemployed – persons in the labor force who have no job or business during the reference period and are reportedly looking for work; their desire to work is sincere and they are, therefore, serious about working; also included are persons without a job or business who are reportedly not looking for work Concepts and Definitions because of the belief that no work was available or because of temporary illness, The Labor Force Survey (LFS) is bad weather, or other valid reasons a nationwide survey of households conducted quarterly by the National Underemployed – employed Statistics Office (NSO) to gather data on persons who express the desire to have demographic and socioeconomic additional hours of work in their present characteristics of the population. Data job or an additional job, or have a new job presented are based on the preliminary with longer working hours results of the July 2010 round of the LFS. Labor force participation rate For comparative purposes, aside (LFPR) – ratio of total labor force to the from the July 2010 results, the textual total household population 15 years old tables presented herein contain final and over estimates of the survey conducted in July 2009. Employment rate – proportion of employed persons to the total labor force The reference period used in the survey is the past seven days preceding Unemployment rate – proportion of the date of visit of the enumerator. unemployed persons to the total labor force

The concepts and definitions Underemployment rate – proportion of used in the survey can be found in the underemployed persons to total employed regular NSO – Integrated Survey of persons. 43 44 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

FIGURE 1 Employment Rate by Region: July 2010

98.0 96.1 95.6 96.0 96.0 95.8 96.0 96.0 95.0 94.7 94.6 94.0 94.0 94.1 93.4 94.0 91.9 92.0 92.0 90.6 89.1 Rate 90.0 88.0 86.0 84.0 I II III X V IX XI VI XII VIII

VII IVB IVA NCR CAR

ARMM Caraga Region

Analysis of Tables approximately 39.0 million out of the estimated 60.9 million population 15 years Employment rate remains stable and older for that period. Compared to the at 93.1 percent labor force participation rate in July 2009 (64.6%), the July 2010 rate was The employment rate estimated almost the same (Table 2.1). for July 2010 was 93.1 percent. This implies that nine in every 10 persons in NCR records the lowest employment the labor force were employed in July rate 2010. The current figure is almost the same as that of the July 2009 rate which Employment rates in the National was 92.4 percent (Table 2.1). Capital Region (NCR) (89.1%), Ilocos Region (91.9%) and CALABARZON Labor force participation rate drops (90.6%) were lower than in all other to 64.0 percent regions. As in previous LFS, the NCR recorded the lowest employment rate. In The July 2010 LFS also revealed terms of the labor force participation rate, that the labor force participation rate was the NCR (62.1%), Ilocos Region (62.4%), 64.0 percent. This means that the size of Central Luzon (62.2%), CALABARZON the labor force in July 2010 was (63.4%) and the Autonomous Region

FIGURE 2 Labor Force Participation Rate by Region: July 2010

80.0 70.2 67.0 66.6 64.6 64.4 66.2 64.4 66.9 65.5 65.7 64.4 70.0 62.1 62.4 62.2 63.4 64.3 60.0 55.6 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0

Number(In percent) 10.0

0.0 I II III

X V IX XI VI XII VIII VII VII IVB

IVA NCR CAR ARMM Region Caraga

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in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) (55.6%) in the agriculture sector comprised 33.9 posted lower rates compared to the rest percent of the total employed, with of the regions (Table 2.4). workers in agriculture; hunting and forestry making up the largest sub-sector Bulk of workers are employed in the (29.9% of the total employed). Only 14.9 services sector percent of the total employed were in the industry sector, with the manufacturing FIGURE 3 Employed Persons sub-sector making up the largest by Industry: July 2010 percentage (8.3% of the total employed) (Table 2.2).

Laborers and unskilled workers Industry comprise the biggest group 14.9% Among the various occupation groups, laborers and unskilled workers Services comprised the largest group, posting 31.8 51.2% Agriculture percent of the total employed persons in 33.9% July 2010. Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen were the second largest group, accounting for 16.8 percent of the total employed population (Table 2.2).

Wage and salary workers are more More than half (51.2%) of the than half of those employed total employed persons in July 2010, which was estimated at 36.3 million, Employed persons fall into any of worked in the services sector, with those these categories: wage and salary engaged in wholesale and retail trade, workers, own account workers and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and unpaid family workers. Wage and salary personal and household goods workers are those who work for private comprising the largest sub-sector households, private establishments, (19.4% of the total employed). Workers government or government corporations

FIGURE 4 Employed Persons by Occupation Group: July 2010 35.0 31.8 30.0 25.0

20.0 16.8 13.6 15.0 10.3 7.8 10.0 6.2 5.7 4.7 5.0 2.6 Number(In percent) 0.4 - Laborers Farmers, Officials Service Trades Plant and Clerks Professionals Technicians Special and forestry of government workers and machine and occupations unskilled workers, and special and shop related operators associate workers and interest and workers and professionals fisherman organizations, market assemblers corporate sales executives, workers managers, managing proprietors and supervisors Type of occupation

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and those who work with pay in own- Number of underemployed persons family operated farm or business. More down 1.9 percent than half (53.2%) of the employed persons were wage and salary workers, Employed persons who express more than one-third (34.8%) were own- the desire to have additional hours of work account workers, and 12.0 percent were in their present job or to have additional unpaid family workers. Among the wage job, or to have a new job with longer and salary workers, those working for working hours are considered private establishments comprised the underemployed. The July 2009 LFS largest proportion (39.6% of the total placed the underemployment rate at 17.9 employed). Government workers or percent. This means that approximately those working for government 6.50 million employed persons were corporations comprised only 8.4 percent underemployed in July 2010 lower than of the total employed, while 5.0 percent with 2009 survey round which have 7.0 were workers in private households. million (Table 2.3). Meanwhile, among the own account workers, the self-employed comprised More than half (58.1%) of the total the majority (31.0% of total employed) underemployed were reported as visibly (Table 2.2). underemployed or working for less than 40 hours during the reference week. FIGURE 5 Employed Persons by Class Those working for 40 hours or more of Worker: July 2010 accounted for 40.4 percent of the total underemployed. Most of the 60 53.2 underemployed were working in the 50 agriculture sector (46.7%) and services sector (37.8%). The underemployed in the 40 34.8 industry sector accounted for 15.5 percent 30 (Table 2.3).

Number 20 12.0 Unemployment rate up 7.6 percent 10 The unemployment rate in July 0 2010 was estimated at 6.9 percent Wage and Ow n Unpaid family compared to 7.6 percent recorded in July salary account w orkers 2009. Among the regions, the highest w orkers unemployment rate was recorded in the Class of Workers NCR at 10.9 percent. The next highest rates were posted in CALABARZON Six in every ten employed work for 40 (9.4%) and Ilocos Region (8.1%). hours or more The number of unemployed was Employed persons are classified higher among males (62.6%) than among as either full-time workers or part-time females (37.4%). By age group, for every workers. Full-time workers are those who 10 unemployed persons five (52.4%) work for 40 hours or more while part-time belonged to age group 15-24 years while workers work for less than 40 hours. In three (32.5%) were in the age group 25- July 2010, six in every 10 employed 34. persons (64.3%) were working for 40 hours or more, while part-time workers Across educational groups, among were estimated at 35.0 percent of the the unemployed, the high school total employed (Table 2.2). graduates comprised one-third (32.5%),

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the college undergraduates comprised branches about its intention to go on strike about one-fifth (22.7%), while the college because of alleged commission by the graduates, 20.5 percent (Table 2.3). employer of unfair labor practice acts or because of deadlock in collective bargaining negotiations Labor Relations and Concerns Actual strike - any temporary stoppage of work by the concerted action The labor sector faces a lot of of employees as a result of an industrial or legitimate concerns that need to be labor dispute; may include slowdown, addressed. Displaced workers left and mass leave, attempts to damage, destroy right, retrenchment, strikes and lockouts or sabotage plant equipment and facilities and even closures of establishments are and similar activities just some of the bleak features in the Lockout - the temporary refusal of labor scenario. However, with the an employer to furnish work for his determination of the current dispensation employees as a result of an industrial or to provide the push and the help, a more labor dispute; it comprises shutdown, encouraging atmosphere might be in mass retrenchment and dismissal without stead. previous written clearance from the

Secretary of Labor and Employment or his The Department of Labor and duly authorized representative Employment (DOLE) takes the lead in formulating and directing the nation’s Mandays lost - computed by labor policies and programs. Its mission multiplying the number of workers includes the promotion of social justice involved in the strike or lockout by the total and protection of human rights and number of working days lost or idled due respect for human dignity in labor by to strike or lockout ensuring workers’ protection and welfare. The department also aims to promote full Disposition rate - the ratio of the employment and manpower development total cases disposed to the total number of as well as to maintain industrial peace cases handled through enhancement of workers’ participation in policymaking. Settlement rate - the ratio of the total cases settled to the total number of Source of Information cases handled

This section presents an overview Preventive mediation case - of the current labor condition in the subject of a formal or informal request for country. Data presented were derived conciliation and mediation assistance from the DOLE. Analyses were based on sought by either or both parties to avoid 2009 and third quarter 2010 figures the occurrence of actual labor dispute culled by DOLE’s Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES). Voluntary arbitration - the mode of settling labor-management disputes by which the parties select a competent, Definition of Terms trained, and impartial person who shall decide on the merits of the case and Strike notice - the notification whose decision is final, executory, and filed by a duly registered labor union with unappealable the respective National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) regional Conciliation case - an actual or

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existing labor dispute, which is subject of NCR has the most number of pending a notice of strike or lockout or actual and beginning preventive mediation strike or lockout case, filed with the cases appropriate NCMB regional branches Table 2.6 shows a total of 303 Conciliation or mediation - pending and beginning cases in the period mode of settlement bringing together the under review. two parties in a dispute to come to negotiations and settlement of the By region, NCR reported the bulk dispute. of the total pending and beginning preventive mediation cases with 102 Analysis of Tables cases (33.7%) while CALABARZON was second with 65 cases (21.5%). Central Strike and lockout notices decrease Luzon placed third, with 34 reported cases by 22.6 percent (11.2%). The rest of the regions reported total shares 33.6 percent. Number of new strike and lockout notices filed decreased to 72 in the third Original preventive mediation cases quarter of 2010 compared to 2009’s tally filed down by 20.7 percent of 93 for a decrease of 22.6 percent. Original preventive mediation Cases handled, including pending cases filed numbered 89 cases in the third notices, however, reached 120, 17.2 quarter 2010 from 111 cases in the same percent lower compare to the previous period in 2009 to register a 19.8 percent year tally of 145. The settlement rate decline. stood at 55.8. Workers involved in new notices filed went down by five thousand, Cases handled went down by 27, 18,000 in the period under review from from 182 to 155 as well as the workers 23 thousand (Table 2.5). involved increased to 19,000 from 33,000 in the period under review. NCR accounts for bulk of strike and lockout notices A total of 118 voluntary arbitration cases were facilitated and monitored in The National Conciliation the third quarter 2010 from 116 cases in and Mediation Board (NCMB) reported a the same period of 2009 or a decrease of total of 257 cases of strike notices, actual 1.7 percent. Of these cases, 42 (35.6%) strikes, and mediation. Of these, the were disposed either by decision, NCR accounted for 131 (60.0%) of all amicable settlement or withdrawal (Table new strike and lockout notices filed. 2.7). CALABARZON was second with 52 notices (20.2%) while Central Luzon had Pending and beginning appealed 34 notices (13.2%) to take third place mediation-arbitration cases increase by (Table 2.6). 60.4 percent

NCR accounts for bulk of mandays In the third quarter 2010, there lost from on-going strikes were 19 pending and beginning appealed mediation-arbitration cases. This was a In the 2010 period under review, 60.4 percent decrease from the 48 cases mandays lost from on-going strikes recorded in 2009. The disposition rate for reached 26,185. NCR accounted 90.7% these cases however increased to 51.1 percent of this figure (Table 2.6). percent from 25.0 percent (Table 2.8).

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TABLE 2.1 Comparative Labor Statistics: July 2009 and July 2010

Philippines July 2010 July 2009

Total 15 years old and over (in '000) 60,934 59,513 Labor Force Participation Rate (%) 64.0 64.6 Employment Rate (%) 93.1 92.4 Unemployment Rate (%) 6.9 7.6 Underemployment Rate (%) 17.6 19.8

Notes: Estimates for July 2010 are preliminary and may change. Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections. Source: National Statistics Office, July 2010 Labor Force Survey

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TABLE 2.2 Employed Persons by Industry, Occupation, Class of Worker and Hours Worked: July 2010 (In percent)

Selected Indicators July 2010

Employed persons Number (in thousands) 36,285 Industry Sector Total 100.0 Agriculture 33.9 Agriculture, hunting and forestry 29.9 Fishing 4.1 Industry 14.9 Mining and quarrying 0.5 Manufacturing 8.3 Electricity, gas and water 0.4 Construction 5.7 Services 51.2 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods 19.4 Hotels and restaurants 2.8 Transport, storage, and communication 7.4 Financial Intermediation 1.2 Real estate, renting, and business activities 3.2 Public administration and defense, compulsory social security 5.0 Education 3.4 Health and social work 1.3 Other community, social, and personal service activities 2.4 Private households with employed persons 5.0 Extra-territorial organizations and bodies 0.0

Occupation Total 100.0 Officials of government and special interest organizations, corporate executives, managers, managing proprietors and supervisors 13.6 Professionals 4.7 Technicians and associate professionals 2.6 Clerks 5.7 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 10.3 Farmers, forestry workers, and fishermen 16.8 Trades and related workers 7.8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.2 Laborers and unskilled workers 31.8 Special occupations 0.4

Class of worker Total 100.0 Wage and salary workers 53.2

Continued

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Table 2.2 -- Concluded

Selected Indicators July 2010

Private household 5.0 Private establishment 39.6 Government/government corporation 8.4 With pay (family-owned business) 0.3 Own account 34.8 Self employed 31.0 Employer 3.8 Unpaid family workers 12.0

Hours worked Total 100.0 Working: Less than 40 hours 35.0 40 hours and over 64.3 Did not work 0.8 Mean hours worked 41.7

TABLE 2.3 Underemployed Persons by Hours Worked and Industry, and Unemployed Persons by Age Group, Sex, and Highest Grade Completed: July 2009 and July 2010

Selected Indicators July 2010 July 2009

Underemployed persons Number (in thousands) 6,490 7,034

Hours worked Total 100.0 100.0 Worked less than 40 hours 58.1 54.5 Worked 40 hours and over 40.4 43.9 Did not work 1.4 1.6

Industry sector Total 100.0 100.0 Agriculture 46.7 44.1 Industry 15.5 15.6 Services 37.8 40.3

Unemployed persons Number (in thousands) 2,708 2,922

Continued

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Table 2.3 -- Concluded

Selected Indicators July 2010 July 2009

Age group Total 100.0 100.0 15 - 24 52.4 52.8 25 - 34 28.4 28.0 35 - 44 9.7 9.3 45 - 54 6.1 6.1 55 - 64 3.0 3.1 65 and Over 0.4 0.7

Male 62.6 61.7 Female 37.4 39.3

Highest grade completed Total 100.0 100.0 No grade completed 0.4 0.5 Elementary 12.4 13.4 Undergraduate 5.8 6.3 Graduate 6.6 7.2 High school 44.0 44.9 Undergraduate 11.5 12.0 Graduate 32.5 33.0 College 43.2 41.1 Undergraduate 22.7 21.5 Graduate 20.5 19.7

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TABLE 2.4 Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment by Region: July 2010 (In percent)

Labor Force Employment Unemployment Underemployment Region Participation Rate Rate Rate Rate

Philippines 64.0 93.1 6.9 17.9

NCR 62.1 89.1 10.9 11.6 CAR 67.0 95.0 5.0 13.4 I -Ilocos Region 62.4 91.9 8.1 14.7 II-Cagayan Valley 66.6 96.1 3.9 13.9 III-Central Luzon 62.2 92.0 8.0 7.1 IVA-CALABARZON 63.4 90.6 9.4 15.9 IVB-MIMAROPA 70.2 95.6 4.4 23.4 V-Bicol Region 64.6 94.0 6.0 37.5 VI-Western Visayas 64.4 93.4 6.6 23.2 VII -Central Visayas 66.2 94.0 6.0 13.8 VIII-Eastern Visayas 64.3 94.7 5.3 24.3 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 64.4 96.0 4.0 19.6 X -Northern Mindanao 66.9 96.0 4.0 28.6 XI-Davao Region 65.5 94.1 5.9 23.9 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 65.7 95.8 4.2 19.1 Caraga 64.4 94.6 5.4 20.8 ARMM 55.6 96.0 4.0 12.4

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TABLE 2.5 Strike and Lockout Notices and Actual Strikes and Lockouts Third Quarter 2009 and 2010

Indicator Third Quarter 2010 Third Quarter 2009

Strike and lockout notices

Cases pending, beginning 48 52 New notices filed 72 93 Cases handled 120 145 Cases disposed 74 90 Settled 67 74 Assumed jurisdiction by the Secretary 1 6 Certified for compulsory arbitration 2 3 Treated as preventive mediation case -- Other modes of disposition 3 5 Materialized into actual strikes or lockouts 1 2 Workers involved in new notices filed (000) 18 23 Disposition rate (%) 61.7 62.1 Settlement rate (%) 55.8 51.0

Actual strikes and lockouts

Cases pending, beginning -- New strikes declared 1 1 2 Cases handled 1 2 Work normalized 1 1 Settled - 1 Assumed jurisdiction by the Secretary -- Certified for compulsory arbitration 1 - Other modes of disposition -- Workers involved in new strikes declared 47 310 Mandays lost from on-going strikes (000) * 2 Disposition rate (%) 100.0 50.0 Settlement rate (%) - 50.0

Notes : Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 1 Includes actual strikes and lockouts without notices.

* Less than 500. Source: Department of Labor and Employment, National Conciliation and Mediation Board

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TABLE 2.6 Strike and Lockout Notices, Actual Strikes and Lockouts and Preventive Mediation Cases by Region: January to September 2010

I II III IV-A IV-B V Indicator Philippines NCR CAR Ilocos Cagayan Central CALABARZON MIMAROPA Bicol Region Valley Luzon Region

Strike/lockout notices

Pending, beginning 49 26 - - - 5 14 - - New notices filed 208 105 - - - 29 38 - 4 Cases handled 257 131 - - - 34 52 - 4 Cases disposed 215 112 - - - 29 39 - 4 Cases settled 191 103 - - - 24 35 - 4 Cases which materialized into actual strikes or lockouts 4 2 - - - - 1 - - Workers involved in new notices filed 46,899 22,210 - - - 7,930 6,108 - 432 Disposition rate (%) 83.7 85.5 - - - 85.3 75.0 - 100.0 Settlement rate (%) 74.3 78.6 - - - 70.6 67.3 - 100.0

Actual strikes and lockouts

Pending, beginning ------New strikes declared 5 2 - - - - 1 - - Cases handled 5 2 - - - - 1 - - Work normalized 5 2 - - - - 1 - - Cases settled 4 2 - - - - 1 - - Workers involved in new strikes declared 2,234 1,970 - - - - 100 - - Mandays lost from on-going strikes 26,185 23,740 - - - - 2,000 - - Disposition rate (%) 100.0 100.0 - - - - 100.0 - - Settlement rate (%) 80.0 100.0 - - - - 100.0 - -

Preventive mediation cases

Pending, beginning 60 18 - - - 4 18 - - Original preventive mediation cases filed 303 102 3 13 1 34 65 1 8 Strike notices treated as preventive mediation cases 1 1 ------Cases handled 364 121 3 13 1 38 83 1 8 Strikes prevented 314 102 2 12 1 34 71 1 8 Cases settled 295 96 2 12 1 30 65 1 7 Workers involved in preventive mediation cases filed 93,721 23,508 375 1,303 220 24,101 10,923 4 544 Disposition rate (%) 86.3 84.3 66.7 92.3 100.0 89.5 85.5 100.0 100.0 Settlement rate (%) 81.0 79.3 66.7 92.3 100.0 78.9 78.3 100.0 87.5

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Table 2.6 -- Concluded

VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII Indicator Western Central Eastern Zamboanga Northern Davao SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Visayas Visayas Visayas Peninsula Mindanao Region

Strike and lockout notices

Pending, beginning 2 1 - - 1 - - - New notices filed 6 11 3 - 1 7 1 3 Cases handled 8 12 3 - 2 7 1 3 Cases disposed 7 11 3 - 2 5 - 3 Cases settled 7 9 2 - 2 4 - 1 Cases which materialized into actual strikes or lockouts - 1 ------Workers involved in new notices filed 4,593 1,932 896 - 136 1,385 480 797 Disposition rate (%) 87.5 91.7 100.0 - 100.0 71.4 - 100.0 Settlement rate (%) 87.5 75.0 66.7 - 100.0 57.1 - 33.3

Actual strikes and lockouts

Pending, beginning ------New strikes declared - 1 - - - - - 1 Cases handled - 1 - - - - - 1 Work normalized - 1 - - - - - 1 Cases settled ------1 Workers involved in new strikes declared - 47 - - - - - 117 Mandays lost from on-going strikes - 94 - - - - - 351 Disposition rate (%) - 100.0 - - - - - 100.0 Settlement rate (%) ------100.0

Preventive mediation cases

Pending, beginning 6 3 - - 4 6 1 - Original preventive mediation cases filed 10 16 8 1 12 16 7 6 Strike notices treated as preventive mediation cases ------Cases handled 16 19 8 1 16 22 8 6 Cases disposed 16 15 8 1 11 20 7 5 Cases settled 16 14 7 1 11 20 7 5 Workers involved in preventive mediation cases filed 13,490 2,813 1,715 17 1,869 2,698 9,151 990 Disposition rate (%) 100.0 78.9 100.0 100.0 68.8 90.9 87.5 83.3 Settlement rate (%) 100.0 73.7 87.5 100.0 68.8 90.9 87.5 83.3

Note: New strikes declared include actual strikes/lockouts without notices. Source: Department of Labor and Employment, National Conciliation and Mediation Board

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TABLE 2.7 Preventive Mediation Cases and Voluntary Arbitration Cases Third Quarter 2009 and 2010

Indicator Third Quarter 2010 Third Quarter 2009

Preventive mediation cases Cases pending, beginning 51 71 Original preventive mediation cases filed 89 111 Strike notices treated as preventive mediation cases 1 - Cases handled 155 182 Cases disposed 107 129 Settled 103 114 Assumed jurisdiction by the Secretary -- Certified for compulsory arbitration -- Referred to compulsory arbitration -- Referred to voluntary arbitration -- Materialized into notices of strikes and lockouts and actual strikes and lockouts 4 15 Other modes of disposition -- Workers involved in preventive mediation cases filed (000) 19 33 Disposition rate (%) 69.0 70.9 Settlement rate (%) 66.5 62.6

Voluntary arbitration cases Cases pending, beginning 83 73 New cases facilitated/monitored 35 43 Total cases facilitated/monitored 118 116 Cases disposed 42 35 Decided 34 31 Settled amicably 5 3 Withdrawn/dropped 3 1 Disposition rate (%) 35.6 30.2

Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. Definitions: Disposition rate (%) = Cases disposed/cases handled x 100. Settlement rate (%) = Cases settled/cases handled x 100. Voluntary arbitration - mode of settling labor-management disputes by which the parties select a competent, trained and impartial person who shall decide on the merits of the cases and whose decision is final, executory and unappealable. Source: Department of Labor and Employment, National Conciliation and Mediation Board

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TABLE 2.8 Original and Appealed Mediation-Arbitration Cases and Money Claims Third Quarter 2009 and 2010

Indicator Third Quarter 2010 Third Quarter 2009

Original med-arbitration cases (BLR and DOLE Regional offices)

Cases pending, beginning 62 - Cases newly filed 145 - Cases handled 207 - Cases disposed 158 - Petitions granted 113 - Withdrawn/dismissed 45 - Disposition rate (%) 76.3 -

Appealed med-arbitration cases (BLR and OS)

Cases pending, beginning 19 48 Cases newly filed 28 28 Cases handled 47 76 Cases disposed 24 19 Disposition rate (%) 51.1 25.0

Money claims (DOLE regional offices)

Cases pending, beginning 687 - New cases filed -- Cases handled -- Cases disposed -- Disposition rate (%) -- Workers benefited -- Amount of benefits (In million pesos) --

Notes : Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. Source: Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR), Statistical and Performance Reporting System (SPRS) Office of the Secretary (OS)

Section III – TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Visitor Arrivals to realizing a better tourism scenario. to the Philippines The year 2010 marks the final Fourth Quarter 2010 year of the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 2004-2010. Realizing the potential to boost the country’s economy, the government takes a strategic move to develop tourism as a powerful economic growth engine in sustainable manner.

This action plan taken by the government makes national tourism market-product focused and destination focused. It identifies the 10 most attractive tourist segments for the Philippines towards 2010, which are the Bohol is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the Philippines. An island province short-haul sightseeing and shopping; located in the Central Visayas region, it is well known long-haul mass comfort; long-haul for its unique spots like the Chocolate Hills, Baclayon backpacker; long-haul niche beach; Church which is one of the country’s oldest churches and the Loboc River where tourists can cruise and domestic, short-haul ecotourism; short- dine in their floating restaurants. The Tarsier , one of haul beach lover; short-haul recreation; the smallest primates on earth is also found in Bohol. meetings, (MICE); and Balikbayan

Introduction segments.

For the past several years, the Destination focus requires the government’s stance in developing a tourist spots in the country to be more sustainable tourism industry has categorized according to the “Wow” certainly paid off. Not only has the factor, available infrastructure, readiness Philippines become one of the most or existing tourism volume, and access frequently visited tourist spots in Asia, and other factors. Eight priority today’s revitalized industry also provides destinations shall be classified into three additional jobs for Filipinos without groups: compromising the integrity of local Major destinations: comprising diversity and culture. Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin, Palawan,

Manila, Tagaytay, and Davao as The Department of Tourism potential major destinations (DOT) takes the lead in furthering the position of the country as a favored travel Minor destinations: Vigan or destination. Along with other agencies Laoag and Clark or Subic; and and organizations, it aims to break down fundamental barriers to tourism growth Special interest destinations: and works to minimize the impediments Baguio or Banaue, and Boracay

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A hostage-taking incident in the ♦ Filipino nationals or overseas third quarter and travel ban from Hong Filipinos residing permanently abroad Kong and other countries did not derail who are on temporary stay in the the foreigners in visiting the country. The Philippines not exceeding one year. fourth quarter of 2010 registered the These exclude overseas contract highest improvement among other workers. reference periods in 2010. However, the following are Source of Information excluded in the visitor headcount:

Statistics presented in this section ♦ Transit visitors and change-plane deal on the travel of visitors to the passengers who remain in the Philippines taken from arrival premises of the port of entry terminal and departure cards and shipping ♦ Aliens with prearranged employment manifests of the DOT. for renumeration in the Philippines, and aliens studying in the country Definition of Terms regardless of length of stay ♦ Filipinos living abroad, regardless of Visitor – any person visiting the length of stay overseas who are not Philippines for any reason other than permanent residents abroad following an occupation renumerated ♦ Immigrants or aliens (expatriates) from within the country and whose who are permanently residing in the residence is not the Philippines ( World Philippines Tourism Organization ) ♦ Filipino overseas contract workers on home visits, and There are two types of visitors ♦ Returning residents of the under this definition, namely tourist and Philippines. excursionist , defined as follows: Analysis of Tables Tourist – temporary visitor staying at least 24 hours in the country Visitor arrivals soar by 19.7 percent for a purpose classified as either holiday (recreation, leisure, sport, and visit to For the fourth quarter (October to family, friends or relatives), business, December) of 2010, aggregate visitor official mission, convention, or health arrivals reached 942,696. This was reasons 203,446 more compared to 739,250 arrivals registered in the fourth quarter of Excursionist – temporary visitor 2009, translated to an increase of 19.7 staying less than 24 hours in the country. percent (Table 3.1).

Based on the above definitions, Asian visitors comprise more than the following are included in the visitor half of total visitor arrivals headcount: DOT’s arrival statistics showed ♦ Aliens entering the country for a Asia leading other continents as it temporary stay not exceeding one accounted for 513,514 or 54.5 percent of year and for purposes other than the aggregate arrivals in the fourth immigration, permanent residence or quarter of 2010. This was a 31.5 percent employment for renumeration in the surge from fourth quarter 2009’s 390,293 country, and arrivals. East Asia has the lion share of

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total visitor arrivals among Asian regions review. From 48,238 arrivals in the fourth with 397,941 (40.3%). Compared with quarter of 2009 figure rose to 58,901 the fourth quarter 2009 output of arrivals in the same period of 2010 297,883, figure grew by 33.6 percent. (Table 3.1).

Arrivals from North America Month-on-month growth rate posts totaled 188,436 or 20.0 percent of the 26.1 percent increase aggregate figure to register second. This was an increase of 5.5 percent from The month-on-month growth rate fourth quarter 2009’s 178,681 arrivals. for December 2010 and December 2009 Among its countries, the United States of posted a 26.1 percent increase. There America (USA) accounted for the bulk or were increases in the total volume of 16.4 percent (154,486) of the total visitors from all regions except South inbound traffic. America which posted a 7.5 percent drop. Number of returning overseas FIGURE 1 Visitor Arrivals by Region Filipinos climbed as well by 24.9 percent. Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 Notable increases were recorded by Asia and Australia with 44.9 percent and 16.2 550 513.1 2010 percent, respectively (Table 3.2). 500 2009 450 Korea is the country’s leading visitor 400 390.3

350 FIGURE 2 Top Ten Travel Markets 300 Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 250 26.6 188.4 200 178.7 United Kingdom 26.9 150 31.1 Hong Kong 2009 100.8 100 94.0 27.4 63.3 Number(in thousands) 56.9 22.1 2010 50 Taiwan 33.1 1.0 0.9 0 0.9 1.2 29.0 Canada 33.6

Singapore 27.3 Asia 34.0

Africa Europe China 42.6

Australia

Country 42.7 30.6 Australia 47.8 NorthAmerica South America South Region 78.0 Japan 86.1

Europe with 100,817 arrivals, 149.4 USA 154.5 registered third with 10.7 percent share 124.1 Korea 208.6 of total arrivals. It marked a 7.2 percent boost from 94,003 arrivals in the fourth 0 50 100 150 200 250 quarter of 2009. Volume (In thousands)

Africa registered the least number Korea is the biggest travel market of arrivals among the continents. Its as it accounted for 208,609 arrivals share to the aggregate arrival figure was equivalent to 22.1 percent share. The a measly 0.1 percent (Table 3.1). USA slid to second with 154,486 arrivals for a 16.4 percent share, while Japan Overseas Filipino arrivals post a stayed put on third with 86,809 arrivals significant 22.1 percent increase (9.1%).

Overseas Filipinos, who comprise Australia, which climbed to fourth 6.2 percent of the total arrivals, had a place, registered the second highest 22.1 percent boost in the period under improvement with 56.5 percent growth

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rate among the top ten travel markets. was up by 2.32 percentage points, 70.63 From 30,566 arrivals in the fourth quarter percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 from of 2009 number rose to 47,833 in the 68.31 percent in the same period of same period in 2010. 2009. The average length of stay increased by a mere .02 percentage Only Hong Kong reported a point as October to December 2009’s decrease in arrival volume among the top average of 2.68 nights rose to 2.70 ten travel markets. It registered an 11.9 nights in October to December of 2010 percent decline that placed it at 9th place (Table 3.4). from 5th place in the same period last year. Korea meanwhile showed the most FIGURE 3 Average Occupancy Rates significant increase. It posted 84,555 of Hotels in Metro Manila more or 68.2 percent surge. China (5th by Classification place) registered a minimal 0.2 percent Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 2010 improvement while fellow East Asian 80.0 70.6 2009 country Taiwan (8th place) rose to 49.7 68.3 67.8 70.0 65.0 64.5 percent. 62.4 63.2 60.0 55.0

50.0 Singapore (6th place), Canada (7th place), and United Kingdom (10th 40.0 place) completed the top ten travel 30.0 market. Occupancy rate 20.0 10.0 The 694,768 arrivals from these ten countries accounted for 73.7 percent 0.0 De luxe First Standard Economy of the total arrival figure (Table 3.3 and class Figure 2). Hotel classification

First Class Hotels Hotel Accommodations Average occupancy rate for First and Visitors’ Average Class hotels in October to December of Length of Stay 2010 was 62.23 percent, a decrease of 2.52 percentage points from the 64.95 Fourth Quarter 2010 percent average recorded in October to December of 2009. Similarly, the In October to December of 2010, average length of stay was shorter in the overall average occupancy rate of October to December of 2010, from 2.45 hotels was down by 2.89 percentage nights in October to December of 2009, it points. From the 66.05 percent decreased to 2.36 nights (0.09 occupancy level recorded in October to percentage points) (Table 3.4). December of 2009, the figure went down to 63.16 percent in the same period of Standard Hotels 2010. The average length of stay of guests in these hotels similarly declined, In October to December of 2010, from 2.36 of fourth quarter of 2009 it the average occupancy rate of Standard dropped to 2.30 (Table 3.4). Hotels slipped to 64.54 percent, translated to a 3.21 percentage point De Luxe Hotels decrease compared to the 67.75 percent average occupancy rate registered in De luxe hotels’ occupancy rate October to December of 2009. Likewise,

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the average length of stay went down by 0.21 percentage points from 2.37 nights to 2.16 nights in the period under review.

Economy Hotels

The 55.03 percent occupancy report of Economy hotels for October to December of 2010 was 8.71 percentage points lower than the 63.20 percent occupancy level recorded for the same period in 2009. The average length of stay however increased from 1.93 nights to 1.98 nights (Table 3.4).

FIGURE 4 Overall Average Length of Stay (in nights) of Guests in Accredited Hotels in Metro Manila Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 4th Qtr 2010 3.00 4th Qtr 2009 2.70 2.68 2.45 2.50 2.36 2.37 2.16 1.98 1.93 2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50 Lengthof stay (In nights) 0.00 De luxe First class Standard Economy Hotel classification

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TABLE 3.1 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Number of Arrivals Percent Country of Residence Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Increase/ 2010 2009 (Decrease)

GRAND TOTAL 942,696 787,488 19.7

Overseas Filipinos* 58,901 48,238 22.1

Asia 513,104 390,293 31.5 ASEAN 81,787 69,400 17.8 Brunei 1,322 1,111 19.0 Cambodia 646 664 (2.7) Indonesia 8,466 7,982 6.1 Laos 448 310 44.5 Malaysia 22,216 17,698 25.5 Myanmar 1,039 1,507 (31.1) Singapore 34,021 27,262 24.8 Thailand 9,941 9,426 5.5 Vietnam 3,688 3,440 7.2 East Asia 397,941 297,883 33.6 China 42,728 42,632 0.2 Hong Kong 27,422 31,135 (11.9) Japan 86,089 77,954 10.4 Korea 208,609 124,054 68.2 Taiwan 33,093 22,108 49.7

South Asia 20,553 12,927 59.0 Bangladesh 1,188 552 115.2 India 13,945 8,611 61.9 Iran 2,235 1,371 63.0 Nepal 642 494 30.0 Pakistan 1,259 786 60.2 Sri Lanka 1,284 1,113 15.4

Middle East 12,823 10,083 27.2 Bahrain 783 623 25.7 Egypt 406 226 79.6 Jordan 244 175 39.4 Kuwait 1,432 1,511 (5.2) Qatar**** 1,083 721 -- Saudi Arabia 5,223 4,236 23.3 United Arab Emirates 3,652 2,591 40.9

North America 188,436 178,681 5.5 Canada 33,565 28,995 15.8 Mexico 385 273 41.0 United States of America 154,486 149,413 3.4

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Table 3.1 -- Continued

Number of Arrivals Percent Country of Residence Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Increase/ 2010 2009 (Decrease)

South America 941 1,010 (6.8) Argentina 157 162 (3.1) Brazil 477 460 3.7 Colombia 159 179 (11.2) Peru 81 120 (32.5) Venezuela 67 89 (24.7)

Europe 100,817 94,003 7.2 Western Europe 41,393 39,501 4.8 Austria 3,140 3,026 3.8 Belgium 2,803 2,484 12.8 France 7,128 6,634 7.4 Germany 16,348 16,202 0.9 Luxembourg 175 131 33.6 Netherlands 5,556 5,439 2.2 Switzerland 6,243 5,585 11.8

Northern Europe 43,306 41,013 5.6 Denmark 3,234 3,025 6.9 Finland 1,332 1,132 17.7 Ireland 1,384 1,429 (3.1) Norway 4,907 4,069 20.6 Sweden 5,527 4,717 17.2 United Kingdom 26,922 26,641 1.1

Southern Europe 8,819 8,243 7.0 Greece 624 472 32.2 Italy 4,479 4,260 5.1 Portugal 263 241 9.1 Spain 3,453 3,270 5.6

Eastern Europe 7,299 5,246 39.1 Commonwealth of Independent States 1,215 879 38.2 Russian Federation*** 5,336 3,684 44.8 Total (CIS and Russia) 6,551 4,563 43.6 Poland 748 683 9.5

Eastern Mediterranean Europe***** 1,960 1,521 Israel 1,091 1,011 7.9 Turkey 869 510 --

Australasia/Pacific 63,313 56,897 11.3 Australia 47,833 42,522 12.5 Guam 10,920 10,225 6.8 Nauru 2 1 - New Zealand 3,663 3,287 11.4 Papua New Guinea 895 862 3.8

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Table 3.1 -- Concluded

Number of Arrivals Percent Country of Residence Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Increase/ 2010 2009 (Decrease)

Africa 1,211 938 29.1 Nigeria 332 224 48.2 South Africa 879 714 23.1

Other unspecified residences 14,013 15,917 (12.0)

Notes: * - Philippine passport holders permanently residing abroad; excludes overseas Filipino workers. ** - Prior to April 2003, statistics from this country includes, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia. *** - Prior to July 2006, Russia arrivals were lumped under "CIS" and prior to August 2006, Estonia, Latvia and Turkmenistan ariivals were lumped under "CIS" **** - Prior to 2009, Statistics from this country were lumped under "Other" ***** - Grouping from UNWTO; prior to 2009, statistics from Israel were lumped under "Middle East"' and statistics from Turkey were lumped under "Others" Source : Department of Tourism

TABLE 3.2 Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence: December 2009 and 2010

December 2010 December 2009 Percent Country of Residence Percent Percent Increase/ Volume to Total Volume to Total (Decrease)

GRAND TOTAL 393,585 100.0 312,132 100.0 26.1

Overseas Filipinos* 30,434 7.7 24,371 7.8 24.9

Asia 206,502 52.5 142,492 45.7 44.9 ASEAN 28,901 7.3 22,568 7.2 28.1 Brunei 659 0.2 463 0.1 42.3 Cambodia 145 0.0 143 0.0 1.4 Indonesia 2,733 0.7 2,575 0.8 6.1 Laos 179 - 67 - 167.2 Malaysia 7,466 1.9 5,667 1.8 31.7 Myanmar 324 0.1 470 0.2 (31.1) Singapore 13,064 3.3 9,118 2.9 43.3 Thailand 3,191 0.8 2,911 0.9 9.6 Vietnam 1,140 0.3 1,154 0.4 (1.2)

East Asia 157,073 39.9 113,408 36.3 38.5 China 22,323 5.7 11,007 3.5 102.8 Hong Kong 12,046 3.1 10,459 3.4 15.2 Japan 30,525 7.8 28,156 9.0 8.4 Korea 81,225 20.6 56,625 18.1 43.4 Taiwan 10,954 2.8 7,161 2.3 53.0

South Asia 15,543 3.9 3,735 1.2 316.1 Bangladesh 1,002 0.3 140 0.0 615.7 India 10,640 2.7 2,583 0.8 311.9 Iran 1,806 0.5 249 0.1 625.3

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Table 3.2 -- Continued

December 2010 December 2009 Percent Country of Residence Percent Percent Increase/ Volume to Total Volume to Total (Decrease)

Nepal 181 0.0 205 0.1 (11.7) Pakistan 1,049 0.3 231 0.1 354.1 Sri Lanka 865 0.2 327 0.1 164.5 Middle East 4,985 1.3 2,781 0.9 79.3 Bahrain 271 0.1 218 0.1 24.3 Egypt 279 0.1 75 0.0 272.0 Jordan 184 0.0 56 0.0 228.6 Kuwait 456 0.1 323 0.1 41.2 Qatar**** 611 0.2 255 -- -- Saudi Arabia 1,507 0.4 950 0.3 58.6 United Arab Emirates 1,677 0.4 904 0.3 85.5

North America 76,367 19.4 71,834 23.0 6.3 Canada 16,299 4.1 12,891 4.1 26.4 Mexico 144 0.0 85 0.0 69.4 United States of America 59,924 15.2 58,858 18.9 1.8 South America 319 0.1 345 0.1 (7.5) Argentina 38 0.0 44 0.0 (13.6) Brazil 176 0.0 157 0.1 12.1 Colombia 62 0.0 56 0.0 10.7 Peru 25 0.0 47 0.0 (46.8) Venezuela 18 0.0 41 0.0 (56.1)

Europe 45,382 11.5 41,414 13.3 9.6 Western Europe 17,883 4.5 16,750 5.4 6.8 Austria 1,542 0.4 1,482 0.5 4.0 Belgium 1,164 0.3 1,054 0.3 10.4 France 2,949 0.7 2,781 0.9 6.0 Germany 6,892 1.8 6,593 2.1 4.5 Luxembourg 87 0.0 65 0.0 33.8 Netherlands 2,496 0.6 2,372 0.8 5.2 Switzerland 2,753 0.7 2,403 0.8 14.6

Northern Europe 19,802 5.0 18,603 6.0 6.4 Denmark 1,486 0.4 1,375 0.4 8.1 Finland 675 0.2 613 0.2 10.1 Ireland 608 0.2 589 0.2 3.2 Norway 2,643 0.7 2,155 0.7 22.6 Sweden 3,020 0.8 2,614 0.8 15.5 United Kingdom 11,370 2.9 11,257 3.6 1.0 Southern Europe 3,765 1.0 3,400 1.1 10.7 Greece 268 0.1 157 0.1 70.7 Italy 1,960 0.5 1,923 0.6 1.9 Portugal 105 0.0 87 0.0 20.7 Spain 1,432 0.4 1,233 0.4 16.1

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Table 3.2 -- Concluded

December 2010 December 2009 Percent Country of Residence Percent Percent Increase/ Volume to Total Volume to Total (Decrease)

Eastern Europe 3,326 0.8 2,182 0.7 52.4 Commonwealth of Independent States 537 0.1 302 0.1 77.8 Russian Federation*** 2,580 0.7 1,703 0.2 (7.7) Total (CIS and Russia) 3,117 0.8 2,005 0.4 55.5 Poland 209 0.1 177 0.1 18.1

Eastern Mediterranean Europe***** 606 0.2 479 -- Israel 403 0.1 334 - - Turkey 203 0.1 145 - 0.0

Australasia/Pacific 29,008 7.4 24,971 8.0 16.2 Australia 22,482 5.7 19,142 6.1 17.4 Guam 4,300 1.1 3,843 1.2 11.9 Nauru 2 0.0 1 - 100.0 New Zealand 1,961 0.5 1,674 0.5 17.1 Papua New Guinea 263 0.1 311 - (15.4)

Africa 683 0.2 351 0.1 94.6 Nigeria 243 #DIV/0!0.1 78 - 211.5 South Africa 440 0.1 273 0.1 61.2

Others and unspecified residences 6,364 1.6 3,907 1.3 62.9

TABLE 3.3 Top Ten Travel Markets: Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009 Percent Percent Rank Volume Increase/ Volume to Total Decrease

Total 942,696 100.0 787,488 19.7 Korea 208,609 22.1 1 124,054 68.2 United States of America 154,486 16.4 2 149,413 3.4 Japan 86,089 9.1 3 77,954 10.4 Australia 47,833 5.1 4 30,566 56.5 China 42,728 4.5 5 42,632 0.2 Singapore 34,021 3.6 6 27,262 24.8 Canada 33,565 3.6 7 28,995 15.8 Taiwan 33,093 3.5 8 22,108 49.7 Hong Kong 27,422 2.9 9 31,135 (11.9) United Kingdom 26,922 2.9 10 26,641 1.1 Other Countries 247,928 26.3 226,728 9.4

Source : Department of Tourism

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TABLE 3.4 Average Occupancy Rates of Hotels in Metro Manila by Classification Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Overall Average Classification Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter Difference 2010 2009

Occupancy Rates 63.16 66.05 (2.89) Length of stay (in Nights) 2.30 2.36 (0.06)

De luxe Occupancy Rates 70.63 68.31 2.32 Length of stay 2.70 2.68 0.02

First Class Occupancy Rates 62.43 64.95 (2.52) Length of stay 2.36 2.45 (0.09)

Standard Occupancy Rates 64.54 67.75 (3.21) Length of stay 2.16 2.37 (0.21)

Economy Occupancy Rates 55.03 63.20 (8.17) Length of stay 1.98 1.93 0.05

Source: Department of Tourism Section IV - SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Welfare Benefits services to these marginalized sectors of and Services the society.

Third Quarter 2010 Child and youth welfare programs of the government are specifically led by the Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare (BCYW) which cares for the abandoned, neglected, disturbed, and the exploited and abused youth. Among the services accorded the disadvantaged youth offenders, child prostitutes, and street children are the following:

Psychosocial recovery and social reintegration of sexually abused and exploited children - reintegration of child victims to the family and the community

The Child Help Intervention and Protective Services (CHIPS) offer Introduction crisis intervention and therapy; its services can be accessed in all 17 All government agencies and regions via hotlines provided and non-government organizations (NGOs) also through the Bantay Bata are mandated to spearhead programs, program projects, and services for the welfare of the more-often-neglected sectors of Assistance to disadvantaged society. children of mixed parentage in the form of skills training, livelihood The DSWD is mandated to assistance, psychological provide social protection, assistance, and interventions, and assistance augmentation needs to disadvantaged relative to their citizenship. individuals, families, groups, and Department arrangements enable a communities. It is also incumbent on the number of disadvantaged agency to provide support to local transnational children like government units (LGUs), non- Amerasians to locate foreigner government organizations (NGOs), other parents, or at best, to reunite national government agencies (NGAs), children with their parents abroad. people’s organizations (POs), and other This service facilitates children’s members of the civil society to effectively reintegration into the community implement programs, projects, and

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Community-based rehabilitation for adoption within the country. Intercountry children in conflict with the law adoption is adoption outside the country. affords diverse options to prevent juvenile offenders from breaking the Foster care is the provision of law planned substitute parental care for a child by a licensed foster family when his Sulong Dunong sa Kabataan or her biological parents cannot care for assists youths to finish high school him for a certain period of time. or head into technical or vocational livelihood training Legal guardianship is a socio- legal process of providing substitute Local and intercountry adoption and parental care through the appointment of alternative family care services a legal guardian of the child and his nurture abandoned and neglected property until child reaches the age of children by placing them in the care majority. of foster parents. With adoption, abandoned and unregistered Protective Custody . This is a children earn the right to the family service provided to children whose name and nationality of foster parents are unable to provide the parents required protection and whose conditions demonstrate observable evidence of Devolved services for children and injurious effects of the failure to meet the youth look after preschoolers in day children’s basic needs. Immediate care centers and provide them intervention is provided to a child who is supplemental feeding. They also abandoned, neglected, physically or service street children and sexually abused or exploited, to prevent delinquent youths with[ medical further abuse and exploitation, and to attention, livelihood opportunities, assist the child and family to overcome and counseling services the trauma of such experiences.

Retained Community-Based Other than these programs for the Program youth and children, the DSWD also provides support to the disadvantaged Child Care and Placement and marginalized women sector of the Services . These services provide society. alternative parental care to abandoned, neglected, and abused children, thus, Services for women-in-especially restoring their right to a family, name, difficult-circumstances (WEDC) were and nationality. Particular interventions launched in response to the emerging employed under these services include needs of women in this sector. This is to local adoption, intercountry adoption, empower them to avoid high-risk, violent, temporary parental care through foster and dangerous incidents as well as to care, and legal guardianship. equip and prepare them physically and emotionally as they return to their Adoption is a socio-legal process families. which enables a child, who cannot be reared by his biological or natural Marginalized families, on the parents, to acquire a legal status wherein other hand, become beneficiaries under he can benefit from new relationship with the following services by program or a permanent family. Local adoption is project:

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Locally-Funded Project employment purposes

• Care-giving training for family Comprehensive and Integrated members Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) is a • pro poor program which seeks to Counseling, professional guidance and family therapy empower targeted families and communities to enable them to meet their • Specialized skills training minimum basic needs (MBNs), improve • for professionals and service their quality of living, and contribute to providers reduction in poverty. • Protection and safety program. Enabling acts were issued to raise the level of awareness of the Analysis of Table general public and policymakers on ageing, on the needs of persons with Number of disadvantaged children disabilities (PWDs), and on the served more in community-based prevention of discrimination and abuse of programs older persons (OPs). All government agencies and non-government FIGURE 1 Number of Disadvantaged Children Served by Program/Project/Service and by Sex organizations (NGOs) are mandated to Third Quarter 2010 spearhead programs, projects, and services for their welfare, thus bringing 6,000 M ale these more-often-neglected sectors into 5,232 Female the mainstream of society. 4,624 4,500 On the forefront of these agencies and organizations is the Inter- Agency Committee chaired by the 3,000

Department of Social Welfare and Number 1,391 Development (DSWD) tasked to oversee 1,500 1,077 the foregoing thrusts that seek to promote the rights, full participation, and equality for OPs and PWDs. 0 Moreover, Batas Pambansa 344, Community-based Centers/institutions otherwise known as the Accessibility programs based services Law, provides for friendly facilities for the OPs and PWDs such as: A total of 12,324 Disadvantaged Children (DC) were served by the DSWD • Well-lit government buildings in various regions in the period under • Readable sign boards review. (No comparative statistics are

• Specially-built and -designed comfort available for the third quarter 2009 vis-à- rooms vis third quarter 2010).

• Ramps The National Capital Region • Improved architectural designs of (NCR) topped the list with the most government buildings to facilitate number of DC served at 3,142 or 25.5 access of OPs and PWDs percent of the total served.

• Nonformal education CALABARZON followed with 1,864 or 15.2 percent served, while • Livelihood SOCCSKSARGEN served the least with • Vocational skills training for only 91 (0.7%).

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Those served under community- programs totaled 9,858 or 91.7 percent, based programs were reported at 9,856 while those served under center-based or 79.9 percent while a total of 2,498 programs numbered 897. came from that of center-based programs. NCR remained the biggest Among regions, NCR reported recipient of services in the community as the most number of beneficiaries with 2,160 (17.5%) DC were served (Table 5,277 or 49.1 percent of the total women 4.1). served. The least was seen in the Ilocos Region at 55 or 0.5 percent whereas in Number of disadvantaged youth SOCCSKSARGEN there was nil (Table served 4.3).

A total of 4,714 disadvantaged Number of persons with disabilities youth (DY) were served in the third served quarter of 2010, The community- and center- Among those were 3,307 (70.2%) based programs of the DSWD served a served under community-based total of 1,440 persons with disabilities programs and the rest, 1,407 (29.9 %) in (PWDs) in the third quarter 2010. center or institution-based programs. In the same period, NCR reported Across regions, the biggest the biggest number of those served at recipient of welfare benefits for its 1,055 or 73.3 percent. Central Visayas disadvantaged youth was NCR with was a far second with those served at 1,469 (31.2 %) while the least was seen 123 or 8.5 percent. in SOCCSKSARGEN at only 16 (0.03%) (Table 4.2). Center-based programs got the lion’s share at 97.5 percent (1,404), of Disadvantaged women served which community-based served numbered 36 or 2.5 percent of FIGURE 2 Number of Women Served beneficiaries (Table 4.4) by Program/Project/Service Third Quarter 2010 Senior citizens served 9,858 8,000 FIGURE 3 Total Number of Senior Citizens Served in Community and Center-based Programs 6,000 by Sex: Third Quarter 2010

4,000

Number 2,000 897 Male 767 0 Community-based Centers/institutions programs based services Female 1,451 Disadvantaged women (DW) numbering 10,755 were served under the community and center-based programs in the third quarter 2010. By program, those served under community-based 74 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

A total of 2,218 senior citizens (SCs) were served during the third quarter of 2010 under the community- and center-or institution-based programs.

By program, those served under community-based programs numbered the most at 1,816 or 72.9 percent and another 402 (18.1%) under center-based institutions,

Regional tally showed NCR on top with 852 (38.4%) SCs served. Other regions followed with minimal outputs such as CALABARZON with 468 (21.1%), Central Visayas (10.4%) and Davao Region (9.2%) (Table 4.5).

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TABLE 4.1 Number of Disadvantaged Children Served by Program/Project/Service by Sex and by Region: Third Quarter 2010

Total Number of Children Served Community-based Programs in Community and Center-based Total Number of Children Served Region Programs in Community-based Programs Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 12,324 5,701 6,623 9,856 4,624 5,232 NCR 3,142 1,603 1,539 2,160 1,045 1,115 CAR 288 149 139 242 130 112 I -Ilocos Region 895 422 473 789 375 414 II - Cagayan Valley 262 110 152 216 89 127 III - Central Luzon 1,529 695 834 1,176 557 619 IVA - CALABARZON 1,864 935 929 1,812 930 882 IVB - MIMAROPA 832 386 446 832 386 446 V - Bicol Region 214 99 115 140 64 76 VI - Western Visayas 514 157 357 471 147 324 VII - Central Visayas 706 296 410 553 267 286 VIII - Eastern Visayas 185 59 126 70 26 44 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 771 346 425 617 285 332 X - Northern Mindanao 394 163 231 284 125 159 XI - Davao Region 507 207 300 384 158 226 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 91 40 51 16 7 9 XIII - Caraga 130 34 96 94 33 61 ARMM ------

Centers/Institutions Based Services Total Number of Children Served in Centers/Institutions Based Programs Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 2,468 1,077 1,391 NCR 982 558 424 CAR 46 19 27 I - Ilocos Region 106 47 59 II - Cagayan Valley 46 21 25 III - Central Luzon 353 138 215 IVA - CALABARZON 52 5 47 IVB - MIMAROPA --- V - Bicol Region 74 35 39 VI - Western Visayas 43 10 33 VII - Central Visayas 153 29 124 VIII - Eastern Visayas 115 33 82 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 154 61 93 X - Northern Mindanao 110 38 72 XI - Davao Region 123 49 74 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 75 33 42 XIII - Caraga 36 1 35 ARMM ---

Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

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TABLE 4.2 Number of Youth Served by Program/Project/Service by Sex and by Region Third Quarter 2010

Total Number of Youth Served Community-based Programs in Community and Center-based Total Number of Youth Served Region Programs in Community-based Programs Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 4,714 3,428 1,286 3,307 2,254 1,053 NCR 1,469 662 807 760 175 585 CAR 28 28 0 28 28 - I-Ilocos Region 80 80 0 2 2 - II-Cagayan Valley 33 31 2 8 6 2 III-Central Luzon 124 99 25 51 26 25 IVA - CALABARZON 174 163 11 18 7 11 IVB-MIMAROPA 174 97 77 174 97 77 V-Bicol Region 32 32 - 12 12 - VI -Western Visayas 1,067 1,067 - 1,113 1,039 74 VII-Central Visayas 211 113 98 144 57 87 VIII-Eastern Visayas 57 57 - 6 5 1 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 956 790 166 918 752 166 X-Northern Mindanao 71 71 0 33 33 - XI-Davao Region 107 86 21 31 10 21 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 16 16 - - - - XIII-Caraga 36 36 - 9 5 4 ARMM ------

Center/Institution Based Services Total Number of Youth Served in Centers/Institutions Based Programs Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 1,407 1,174 233 NCR 709 487 222 CAR --- I - Ilocos Region 78 78 - II - Cagayan Valley 25 25 - III - Central Luzon 73 73 - IVA - CALABARZON 156 156 - IVB - MIMAROPA --- V - Bicol Region 20 20 - VI - Western Visayas 28 28 - VII - Central Visayas 67 56 11 VIII - Eastern Visayas 52 52 - IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 38 38 - X - Northern Mindanao 38 38 - XI - Davao Region 76 76 - XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 16 16 - XIII - Caraga 31 31 - ARMM ---

Note: 0 No reported data Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

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TABLE 4.3 Number of Women Served by Program/Project/Service and by Region Third Quarter 2010

Total Number of Women Served Community-based Programs Region in Community and Center-based Total Number of Women Served Programs in Community-based Programs

Philippines 10,755 9,858 NCR 5,277 4,636 CAR 55 45 I - Ilocos Region 258 217 II - Cagayan Valley 278 267 III - Central Luzon 410 365 IVA - CALABARZON 898 892 IVB - MIMAROPA 345 345 V - Bicol Region 276 268 VI - Western Visayas 78 66 VII - Central Visayas 324 293 VIII - Eastern Visayas 221 200 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 361 336 X - Northern Mindanao 372 351 XI - Davao Region 1,228 1,206 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 0 XIII - Caraga 374 371 ARMM - -

Centers/Institutions Based Services Total Number of Women Served in Centers/Institutions Based Programs

Philippines 897 NCR 641 CAR 10 I - Ilocos Region 41 II - Cagayan Valley 11 III - Central Luzon 45 IVA - CALABARZON 6 IVB - MIMAROPA 0 V - Bicol Region 8 VI - Western Visayas 12 VII - Central Visayas 31 VIII - Eastern Visayas 21 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 25 X - Northern Mindanao 21 XI - Davao Region 22 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 XIII - Caraga 3 ARMM -

Note: 0 No reported data Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

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TABLE 4.4 Number of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Served by Program/Project/Service by Sex and by Region: Third Quarter 2010

Total Number of PWDs Served Community-based Programs in Community and Center-based Total Number of PWDs Served Region Programs in Community-based Programs Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 1,440 712 728 36 17 19 NCR 1,055 497 558 4 2 2 CAR 4 2 2 4 2 2 I-Ilocos Region 72 41 31 0 0 0 II-Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 III-Central Luzon 2 0 2 2 0 2 IVA-CALABARZON 10 6 4 10 6 4 IVB-MIMAROPA 1 1 0 1 1 0 V-Bicol Region 1 1 0 1 1 0 VI-Western Visayas 1 0 1 1 0 1 VII-Central Visayas 123 70 53 0 0 0 VIII-Eastern Visayas 4 2 2 4 2 2 IX-Zamboanga Peninsula 96 56 40 0 0 0 X-Northern Mindanao 0 0 0 0 0 0 XI-Davao Region 4 2 2 3 2 1 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 60 33 27 0 0 0 XIII-Caraga 7 1 6 6 1 5 ARMM ------

Centers/Institutions Based Services Total Number of PWDs Served in Centers/Institutions Based Programs Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 1,404 695 709 NCR 1,051 495 556 CAR 0 0 0 I - Ilocos Region 72 41 31 II - Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 III - Central Luzon 0 0 0 IVA - CALABARZON 0 0 0 IVB - MIMAROPA 0 0 0 V - Bicol Region 0 0 0 VI - Western Visayas 0 0 0 VII - Central Visayas 123 70 53 VIII - Eastern Visayas 0 0 0 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 96 56 40 X - Northern Mindanao 0 0 0 XI - Davao Region 1 0 1 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 60 33 27 XIII - Caraga 1 0 1 ARMM ---

Note: 0 No reported data Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

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TABLE 4.5 Number of Senior Citizens (SCs) Served by Program/Project/Service by Sex and by Region: Third Quarter 2010

Total Number of SCs Served Community-based Programs in Community and Center-based Total Number of SCs Served Region Programs in Community-based Programs Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 2,218 767 1,451 1,816 612 1,204 NCR 852 177 675 812 161 651 CAR 20 13 7 20 13 7 I-Ilocos Region 7 2 5 7 2 5 II - Cagayan Valley 40 16 24 40 16 24 III-Central Luzon 34 12 22 34 12 22 IVA - CALABARZON 468 178 290 206 87 119 IVB - MIMAROPA 64 25 39 64 25 39 V - Bicol Region 44 13 31 44 13 31 VI-Western Visayas 0 0 0 0 0 0 VII - Central Visayas 231 102 129 231 102 129 VIII-Eastern Visayas 7 1 6 7 1 6 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 116 53 63 72 37 35 X - Northern Mindanao 65 25 40 65 25 40 XI - Davao Region 205 129 76 149 97 52 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 XIII - Caraga 65 21 44 65 21 44 ARMM ------

Center/Institution Based Services Total Number of SCs Served in Center-based Programs Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 402 155 247 NCR 40 16 24 CAR 0 0 0 I - Ilocos Region 0 0 0 II - Cagayan Valley 0 0 0 III - Central Luzon 0 0 0 IVA - CALABARZON 262 91 171 IVB - MIMAROPA 0 0 0 V - Bicol Region 0 0 0 VI - Western Visayas 0 0 0 VII - Central Visayas 0 0 0 VIII - Eastern Visayas 0 0 0 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 44 16 28 X - Northern Mindanao 0 0 0 XI - Davao Region 56 32 24 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 0 0 0 XIII - Caraga 0 0 0 ARMM ---

Note: 0 No reported data Source: Department of Social Welfare and Development

Section V – EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Education Indicators competency, and sufficient delivery. 2008-2010 Indicators such as number of teachers and number of schools are used every

school year to assess system improvement.

Analysis of Tables

Number of public elementary schools grows by 0.6 percent

The DepEd tallied the total number of public elementary schools at 38,176 in School Year (SY) 2009-2010. This was 0.6 percent increase from the 37,966 public schools recorded the Introduction previous SY 2008-2009 (Table 5.1).

Education is the best tool in the Eastern Visayas posts bulk of public country’s fight against poverty. It is elementary schools valuable in eliminating crime and hunger. Number of Public Elementary Schools A person who is educated, one who can by Region read and write, able to count and add, SYs 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 will easily find a profitable work, and will NCR 2009-2010 not be easily influenced to join lawless CAR 2008-2009 elements. Education is an indispensable I means for effective social and economic II participation, contributing to human III development and poverty reduction. IVA IVB Directing the management and V VI coordination of the country’s educational Region VII system are the Department of Education VIII (DepEd) for preschool, elementary, and IX secondary levels, likewise, in the X nonformal education, the Commission on XI Higher Education (CHED) for tertiary XII level, and the Technical Education and XIII Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ARM M for technical and vocational education 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 and skills training. Number

Various indicators assess the Of the 38,176 public elementary capability of the Philippine educational schools in SY 2009-2010, Eastern system in terms of objectivity, Visayas had the most number at 3,620 or 80 EDUCATION AND CULTURE 81

9.5 percent of the total. Western Visayas number at 684 or 9.7 percent of the total. followed with 3,392 schools for a share of Western Visayas came second with 607 8.9 percent. On third place was Bicol schools or 8.7 percent of the total. It was Region with 3,129 schools or 8.2 percent followed by Bicol Region with 601 share. schools or 8.6 percent of the total.

Compared with the previous SY, The NCR had the least number of ranking of regions in terms of the number public schools with 225 or 3.2 percent of public elementary schools was share (Table 5.1). unchanged as Eastern Visayas led (3,608), Western Visayas on second Number of teachers in elementary (3,383), and Bicol Region on third public schools increases by 1.4 (3,129). percent

The region with the least number There were 358,164 teachers in of public elementary schools was the public elementary schools in SY 2009- National Capital Region (NCR) with 514 2010 registering a 1.4 percent increase or 1.3 percent (Table 5.1). from the 353,254 teachers recorded in SY 2008-2009 (Table 5.2). Number of public secondary schools increases by 5.5 percent CALABARZON posts bulk of public elementary teachers The total number of public secondary schools in SY 2009-2010 was Of the 358,164 teachers in public 7,016. This was 5.5 percent higher than elementary schools in SY 2009-2010, the 6,650 public high schools recorded in CALABARZON had the biggest number SY 2008-2009 (Table 5.1). of teachers with 36,832 (10.3%) followed by Central Luzon with 34,631 (9.7%) Central Visayas registers the most teachers. Western Visayas was on third number of public secondary schools spot with 32,644 (9.1%).

Number of Public Secondary Schools by Region The region with the least number SYs 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 of public elementary teachers was the NCR Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) CAR 2009-2010 I with 7,881 teachers or 2.2 percent (Table 2008-2009 II 5.2). III IVA Number of teachers in secondary IVB public schools increases by 3.0 V percent VI Region VII There were 142,994 teachers in VIII public secondary schools in SY 2009- IX X 2010 posting a 3.0 percent increase from XI the 138,781 teachers recorded in SY XII 2008-2009 (Table 5.2). XIII ARM M NCR records the most number of 0 200 400 600 800 public secondary teachers Number Of the 142,994 teachers in public Of the 7,016 schools in SY 2009- secondary schools in SY 2009-2010, the 2010, Central Visayas had the most NCR had the largest share of teachers 82 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

with18,604 or 13.0 percent of the total. holders of valid licenses or certifications CALABARZON came second with to practice, acquire the status of 16,060 or 11.2 percent share. Central registered professionals. Luzon was on third spot with 13,981 teachers (9.8%). Closely following was Analysis of Tables Western Visayas with 13,639 teachers or 9.5 percent share. Passers in licensure examinations down by 4.5 percent The region with the least number of public secondary school teachers was National performance in licensure CAR with 2,928 or 2.0 percent (Table examinations presented by PRC shows 5.2). that out of 418,924 examinees in 2010, 141,525 passed or 33.8 percent. The Licensure Examinations number of successful examinees in 2010 was 4.5 percent lower than the 148,143 2010 passers out of 408,456 examinees (36.3%) recorded in 2009 (Table 5.3). The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is the government Nursing has the most number of agency that manages licensure and board-takers monitors various professional practices in the country. The PRC oversees state- Professions with the largest given licensure examinations for all number of board-takers in 2010 were professions except law, which subsumes nursing (175,288 or 41.8% of the total), under the Supreme Court. teaching in elementary (71,342 or 17.0%), and teaching in secondary The PRC has 42 professional (64,509 or 15.4%). Landscape regulatory boards and one specialty architecture, on the other hand, had the board. These boards exercise least board takers with 25 (0.05%) (Table administrative, quasi-legislative, and 5.3). quasi-judicial powers over their respective professions. Their functions Optometry tops licensure passers involve the preparation of licensure with 86.2 percent passing rate examinations, determination of course requirements, inspection of schools, and Those in optometry were on top the enforcement of a Code of Ethics for of all passing licensure examinees as 50 the practice of their respective of its 58 takers or 86.2 percent passed professions the licensure examination. Nutritionists and dietitians came in second with 676 Degree holders are required to board examinees, out of which 476 take state-given examinations to receive passed or 70.4 percent passing rate. appropriate licensure. Come the time Meanwhile, of the 2,151 board that these registered professionals must examinees, medical technologists were renew their licenses, government on third spot with 1,424 passers or 66.2 requires from them proof of actual percent passing rate (Table 5.3). practice and of continuing education. Bar passing rate Graduates in different fields of study who passed the state-given Out of 4,847 bar examinees in examinations and who are, therefore 2010, the Supreme Court of the

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Philippines reported 982 passing The City of Manila honors barristers. This was 32.5 percent less than the 1,454 passing barristers out of twelve artists with the 5,903 examinees recorded the previous Patnubay ng Sining year. The passing rate for 2010 at Kalinangan Awards decreased to 20.3 percent from the previous year’s rate of 24.6 percent As part of the weeklong (Table 5.4). observance of the 439th Araw ng Maynila , the City of Manila headed by its Number of Passers and Percentage Mayor, Alfredo S. Lim led city officials in Rate of the Bar Examination 2009 and 2010 honoring twelve outstanding men and women who have given their talents and Number of passers selfless service to uplift the lives of the Filipinos, with the Patnubay ng Sining at 1,600 Percent passing 30 Kalinangan Awards on June 23, 2010 at 1,400 the Bulwagang Villegas of the Manila 25 City Hall. 1,200 20 1,000 The committee on Sining at Kalinangan was composed of Gemma 800 15 Cruz Araneta, chairman; Virgilio Avaiado,

600 a Patnubay awardees for 2009 for visual 10 arts, co chair; Ana Maria Harper, 400 administrator of Intramuros 5 200 Administration; Atty. Sofia Arboladura, director of the Manila Tourism and 0 0 Cultural Affairs Bureau; and Bae Bayolan 2010 2009 Tamano Marohambsar, consultant of the mayor for Muslim Affairs, as members.

Promotion of Culture The honorees in the Patnubay ng and Arts Sining at Kalinangan Awards included Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera Jr., The National Commission for a former member of the NCCA Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the Committee on Literary Arts (literature); overall policy, coordinating and grants Shirley Halili-Cruz, head of the NCCA giving agency for the preservation, Committee on Dance (dance); Jose development, and promotion of Datuin (sculpture); Ferdinand Cacnio Philippine arts and culture. Its general (sculpture); Justin Nuyda (painting); function includes the promotion of Lemuel de la Cruz (music); Brillante Ma. cultural and artistic development; Mendoza (movies) Rosario Encarnacion- conservation of the nation’s historical and Tan (architecture); and Pablo Tariman cultural heritage; nationwide (makabagong pamamaraan ). dissemination of artistic and cultural heritage; nationwide dissemination of Three special awards were also artistic and cultural products; and given, namely: the Diwa ng Lahi Award preservation and integration of traditional was given to Dr. Virgilio Almario, former culture as part of the national cultural NCCA Executive Director; Dr. Jaime mainstream. Veneracion received the Tanging Parangal Award; and the Gatpuno

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Antonio J. Villegas Award was given to Dr. Serafin Quiason.

The annual Diwa ng Lahi Awards was established in the early sixties by the late Mayor Villegas. Meanwhile, the Gawad Antonio Villegas Award began the tradition of honoring the men and women who have shown exemplary achievements and dedication in the arts and tradition including the establishment of programs that promote art and culture such as the Manila Film Festival.

Source: National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) , Agung July-August 2010

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TABLE 5.1 Number of Public Schools by Region and by Level of Education School Years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

Elementary Secondary Region SY 2009-2010 SY 2008-2009 SY 2009-2010 SY 2008-2009

Philippines 38,176 37,966 7,016 6,650

NCR 514 511 225 220 CAR 1,497 1,482 257 243 I - Ilocos Region 2,380 2,371 471 461 II -Cagayan Valley 2,174 2,169 354 350 III - Central Luzon 2,936 2,922 527 502 IVA - CALABARZON 2,706 2,694 600 578 IVB - MIMAROPA 1,805 1,799 341 340 V - Bicol Region 3,129 3,129 601 582 VI -Western Visayas 3,392 3,383 607 603 VII-Central Visayas 2,918 2,901 684 610 VIII-Eastern Visayas 3,620 3,608 419 397 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 2,068 2,051 353 330 X -Northern Mindanao 2,067 2,058 289 278 XI - Davao Region 1,625 1,622 293 279 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,644 1,621 366 332 XIII - Caraga 1,611 1,593 359 297 ARMM 2,090 2,053 270 248

Source: Department of Education

TABLE 5.2 Number of Teachers in Public Schools by Region and by Level of Education School Years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

Elementary Secondary Region SY 2009-2010 SY 2008-2009 SY 2009-2010 SY 2008-2009

Philippines 358,164 353,254 142,994 138,781 NCR 31,044 30,675 18,604 18,268 CAR 7,881 7,758 2,928 2,828 I -Ilocos Region 21,490 21,374 8,996 8,914 II -Cagayan Valley 14,608 14,566 5,739 5,593 III -Central Luzon 34,631 34,265 13,981 13,535 IVA-CALABARZON 36,832 36,009 16,060 15,223 IVB - MIMAROPA 12,663 12,422 4,818 4,737 V - Bicol Region 26,780 26,431 10,208 9,838 VI -Western Visayas 32,644 32,538 13,639 13,486 VII -Central Visayas 25,828 25,409 9,614 9,207 VIII-Eastern Visayas 21,867 21,343 7,152 6,646 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 16,363 16,255 5,523 5,399 X -Northern Mindanao 17,854 17,726 5,943 5,736 XI -Davao Region 17,007 16,787 6,523 6,701 XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 15,261 14,847 5,893 5,658 XIII - Caraga 11,543 11,441 4,172 4,022 ARMM 13,868 13,408 3,201 2,990

Note: Teachers in the government sector include those holding position titles of Master Teachers I-II and Teachers I-III. Source: Department of Education

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TABLE 5.3 Number of Schools, Examinees and Distribution of Passers by Sex and by Profession: 2009 and 2010

Schools Examinees Passers Profession 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 Total Male Female

Total 6,872 7,040 418,924 408,456 141,525 54,151 87,374 Aeronautical engineering 6 7 120 95 48 46 2 Accountancy 427 422 12,988 11,502 5,859 2,048 3,811 Agricultural engineering 52 51 475 409 213 130 83 Agriculture 188 178 2,689 2,132 972 534 438 Architecture 86 76 3,096 2,488 1,543 965 578 Chemical engineering 42 45 970 981 531 254 277 Chemistry 49 47 603 544 338 201 137 Civil engineering 229 239 8,049 7,620 3,137 2,307 830 Criminology 365 422 26,832 21,840 8,964 7,341 1,623 Customs broker 64 62 1,131 1,124 336 162 174 Dentistry 27 43 939 1,384 477 122 355 Electronics and communication engineering 206 219 7,055 6,769 1,658 1,206 452 Environmental planning 22 26 56 63 35 17 18 Fisheries technology 52 43 228 220 67 36 31 Forestry 48 48 359 383 151 70 81 Geodetic engineering 40 39 400 468 154 103 51 Geology 4 4 48 38 27 15 12 Guidance and counseling 69 51 180 108 108 16 92 Interior design 21 20 259 234 131 19 112 Landscape architecture 3 4 25 22 15 7 8 Library science 103 132 699 947 191 47 144 Marine deck-OIC navigational watch 153 132 6,923 8,534 3,407 3,394 13 Marine deck-OIC watch keeping engineering 125 134 3,711 3,619 2,043 2,039 4 Mechanical engineering 143 147 3,426 3,381 2,123 1,955 168 Medical technology 76 82 2,151 2,273 1,424 401 1,023 Medicine 53 50 3,644 4,041 2,218 733 1,485 Metallurgical engineering 2 2 49 31 27 13 14 Midwifery 355 444 7,623 9,807 3,510 430 3,080 Mining engineering 4 4 65 18 29 23 6 Naval architecture and marine engineering 4 4 58 41 27 23 4 Nursing 480 504 175,288 172,344 67,390 20,236 47,154 Nutrition-dietetics 43 39 676 636 476 66 410 Occupational therapy 16 17 135 167 56 12 44 Optometry 11 21 58 263 50 16 34 Pharmacy 44 51 2,352 2,364 1,350 232 1,118 Physical therapy 93 92 1,345 1,347 608 210 398 Radiologic technology 53 57 1,695 1,554 775 440 335 Registered electrical engineering 174 181 4,291 4,103 1,370 1,226 144

Continued

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TABLE 5.3 -- Continued

School Examinees Passers Profession 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 Total Male Female

Sanitary engineering 14 12 99 110 49 29 20 Social work 74 77 1,321 1,280 770 129 641 Teachers-elementary 1,263 1,228 71,342 69,976 12,607 2,188 10,419 Teachers-secondary 1,527 1,514 64,509 62,239 15,976 4,570 11,406 Veterinary medicine 24 23 696 698 216 98 118 X-Ray technology 38 47 266 259 69 42 27

Passers Overall Passing 2009 Rate Total Male Female 2010 2009

Total 148,143 54,436 93,707 33.8 36.3 Aeronautical engineering 26 21 5 40.0 27.4 Accountancy 4,179 1,542 2,637 45.1 36.3 Agricultural engineering 122 65 57 44.8 29.8 Agriculture 817 409 408 36.1 38.3 Architecture 939 619 320 49.8 37.7 Chemical engineering 485 250 235 54.7 49.4 Chemistry 292 115 177 56.1 53.7 Civil engineering 3,456 2,523 933 39.0 45.4 Criminology 7,479 6,195 1,284 33.4 34.2 Customs broker 386 193 193 29.7 34.3 Dentistry 546 158 388 50.8 39.5 Electronics and communication engineering 1,704 1,270 434 23.5 25.2 Environmental planning 34 21 13 62.5 54.0 Fisheries technology 52 29 23 29.4 23.6 Forestry 140 80 60 42.1 36.6 Geodetic engineering 172 123 49 38.5 36.8 Geology 23 10 13 56.3 60.5 Guidance and counseling 78 10 68 60.0 - Interior design 119 21 98 50.6 50.9 Landscape architecture 11 7 4 60.0 50.0 Library science 284 49 235 27.3 30.0 Marine deck-OIC watch navigational watch 4,163 4,149 14 49.2 48.8 Marine deck-OIC watch keeping engineering 1,985 1,984 1 55.1 54.8 Mechanical engineering 1,898 1,774 124 62.0 56.1 Medical technology 1,170 348 822 66.2 51.5 Medicine 2,767 933 1,834 60.9 68.5 Metallurgical engineering 17 8 9 55.1 54.8 Midwifery 5,162 1,001 4,161 46.0 52.6 Mining engineering 11 6 5 44.6 61.1 Naval architecture and marine engineering 8 7 1 46.6 19.5

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TABLE 5.3 -- Concluded

Passers Overall Passing Profession 2009 Rate Total Male Female 2010 2009

Nursing 70,144 20,220 49,924 38.4 40.7 Nutrition-dietetics 429 58 371 70.4 67.5 Occupational therapy 87 19 68 41.5 52.1 Optometry 163 54 109 86.2 62.0 Pharmacy 1,364 239 1,125 57.4 57.7 Physical therapy 638 238 400 45.2 47.4 Radiologic technology 732 407 325 45.7 47.1 Registered electrical engineering 1,628 1,455 173 31.9 39.7 Sanitary engineering 41 30 11 49.5 37.3 Social work 691 116 575 58.3 54.0 Teachers-elementary 16,739 2,876 13,863 17.7 23.9 Teachers-secondary 16,706 4,688 12,018 24.8 26.8 Veterinary medicine 192 81 111 31.0 27.5 X-Ray technology 64 35 29 25.9 24.7

Source: Professional Regulation Commission

TABLE 5.4 Number of Examinees Who Took and Passed the Bar Examination 2009 and 2010

Year Number of Examinees Number of Passers Percent Passing

2009 5,903 1,454 24.6 2010 4,847 982 20.3

Source: Supreme Court of the Philippines

Section VI – HEALTH, NUTRITION AND VITAL STATISTICS

Health and Vital Indicators of vital statistics comprises a system of 2010 operations in which the registration of vital events is an important component. The system begins with the registration followed by the processing and controlling of vital records and ends with the compilation and analysis of vital statistics.

Under Commonwealth Act (CA) 591, the Bureau of Census, now the National Statistics Office (NSO) is mandated to generate general purpose statistics and to carry out and administer the Civil Registration Act.

Health may refer to the

Introduction soundness and general well-being of body and mind. Securing good health for The Department of Health (DOH) people is one way of ensuring welfare is the principal health agency in the and development for the country as a Philippines. It is responsible for ensuring whole. It is, therefore, imperative upon access to basic public health services to the government to make provisions and all Filipinos through the provision of invest in health welfare activities. quality health care and regulation of providers of health goods and services. Vital statistics , on the other hand, are derived from information Given the mandate, the DOH is obtained at the time when the both a stakeholder in the health sector occurrences of vital events and their and a policy and regulatory body for characteristics are inscribed in a civil health. As a major player, it is a technical register. resource, a catalyst for health policy and a political sponsor and advocate for Vital acts and events are the health issues. births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all such events that have something to do Furthermore, the DOH has an on- with an individual's entrance and departure going program that recruits physicians from life together with the changes in civil and other health practitioners to join status that may occur to a person during government service and be fielded in his lifetime. Recording of these events in rural, hard-to-reach, and economically the civil register is known as vital or civil underdeveloped areas. registration and the resulting documents are called vital records . On the other hand, the production

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Nutrition is the sum total of the weight and height measurements of the processes involved in the taking in and children zero to 10 years of age were the utilization of food substances by assessed to determine nutritional status, which growth, repair, and maintenance of using the International Reference the body are accomplished. It involves Standards or the anthropometric ingestion, digestion, absorption and references established by the National assimilation. Nutrients are stored by the Center for Health Statistics/World Health body in various forms and drawn upon Organization (NCHS/WHO (IRSNCHS, when the food intake is not sufficient. 1997).

The study did not have the index Nutritional Status of thinness among the nine to 10 year old of Filipino Children children primarily because of the limitation of the weight-for-height table of 2005 the NCHS-WHO where heights of children beyond eight years old were not The Food and Nutrition Research available. The weight and height Institute (FNRI) of the Philippines measurement of the pre-adolescents and conducted the 2005 Survey of the adolescents 11 to 19 years of age were Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and assessed using Body Mass Index-for- Selected Population Groups. This was a Age (Must, 1991). follow-up to the 2001 Update of the Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and the 2003 National Nutrition Survey. The Analysis of Table survey provided reliable national estimates on the nutritional status of zero Most preschool age children have to 10 year-old children and 11 to 19 year- normal weight old adolescents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Preschool-age children (0 to 5 years), 74 in every 100 (74.0%) had The 2005 Updating Survey normal weight for their age, about 25 covered all the 17 regions and 79 (25.0%) were underweight and two provinces in the country excluding (2.0%) were overweight (Table 6.1). Batanes. The number of samples totaled 12,560 individuals, which may be broken Most preschool kids have normal down into 3,560 preschool-age children height (zero to five years), 3,264 school-age children (six to 10 years), 1,273 pre- Seventy-three in every 100 adolescents (11 to 12 years), 3,114 children had normal height for their age, adolescents (13 to 19 years), 360 26 were short or underheight, and one in pregnant women and 989 lactating every 100 children was considered tall mothers. A total of 5,774 males and for his/her age (Table 6.1). 6,786 females participated in the survey. Many preschoolers have normal Using the standard techniques of weight anthropometric measurements, the height, weight and recumbent length (for Ninety-three out of every 100 children less than two years old were children had normal weight for their measured for each subject by locally height, five were thin and two were trained professionals in the region. The overweight for their height (Table 6.1).

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An estimated 3.7 million children are of school age were normal weight-for- underweight age, 23 were underweight, and two were overweight Based on the 2005 Projected Population, the estimated count of zero Thirty-two out of every 100 to five-year old children who were Filipino children were underheight. underweight was 3.7 million those who were underheight were 3.9 million, Three in every 100 children, six to 717,643 were thin and 299,000 were eight years old, were thin, 94 were overweight (Table 6.2). normal and three were overweight for their height (Table 6.4). By single age group, there are more children ages one and five years who By single age group, there are more are underweight underweight six year old children

 Twenty-nine in every 100 children The six year-old children had high ages one and five years had high prevalence rate of underweight, 25 in prevalence rates of underweight. every 100, as well as the seven and eight year-old with 24 in every 100. The three to five year-old children, on the other hand, had high The prevalence rate of proportion of short or underheight with underweight-for-age for the older 30, 35 and 36, respectively, out of every children, nine and 10 years of age was 100 children. 21 out of every 100 children.

The one-year-old children had the The prevalence rates of highest prevalence of thinness with 12 underheight or short relative to their age children out of every 100 (Table 6.2). were even higher for every single age group with 31 to as high as 35 children in By gender, there are more boys who every 100. are underweight and underheight Translating these percentages There were 25 and 24 boys and into actual counts, there were 2.4 million girls, respectively, in every 100, who and 3.4 million underweight and were underweight; 27 and 26 underheight children aged six to 10 respectively, were underheight and six years, respectively (Tables 6.5 and 6.6). and four respectively, were thin. By gender, underweight and About two children among the underheight boys outnumber girls boys and girls were overweight relative to his or her age and height. There were 26 boys and 20 girls out of every 100 who had low weight There was one boy and one girl relative to their age and about two boys out of 100 who were tall for their age and one girl in every 100 who were (Table 6.3). overweight for their age.

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Number of underweight, underheight years old, and adolescents, 13–19 years preschoolers down old, were 32.7 kilograms and 45.7 kilograms, and 139.4 centimeters and There were reductions of 6.0, 5.1 154.0 centimeters respectively. and 1.5 percentage points in the prevalence of underweight, underheight For both age groups, the mean and thinness, respectively for the zero to weight of males was 43.0 kilograms while five year-old children, between 2001 and that of the females was 40.9 kilograms. 2005. Their mean height was 152.1 centimeters and 147.4 centimeters respectively. For this period, the average yearly reduction in the prevalence of Six in a hundred preadolescents are underweight and underheight translate to overweight about 1.5 and 1.3 percentage points per year, respectively. There were proportionally more pre-adolescents compared to The prevalence of overweight for adolescents who were underweight (23 age and overweight for height increased against 13 out of 100). by 1.0 and 0.6 percentage points, respectively. The prevalence of  There were more adolescents overweight for age increased two times (65.6 percent) than the pre-adolescents in four years (Table 6.8). (50.0 percent), who had normal Body Mass Index (BMI) for-age. There are reductions in number of school-age children who are Four out of 100 of the pre- underweight and underheight adolescents and adolescents, respectively, were overweight.  There were 10.1 and 9.1 percentage points reduction in the Seventy percent of females have prevalence rates of underweight and normal body weight underheight for the six to 10 year-old children from 2001 to 2005. In terms of gender differences, there were more females (69 out of every These translates to 2.53 100) than males (53 out of 100) who had percentage points average reduction per normal BMI-for-age, and more males (21 year for underweight and 2.28 average in every 100) than females (11 in every percentage points reduction for 100) who were underweight among the underheight per year among the six to10 11 to 12 year-olds and 13 to 19 year-olds year-old children. (Table 6.10).

The prevalence rate of overweight for age doubled from 0.8 rate in 2001 to 1.6 prevalence rate in 2005 (Table 6.9).

Four out of a hundred adolescents are overweight

The mean weight and mean height of Filipino pre-adolescents, 11–12

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TABLE 6.1 Percentage Distribution of 0 to 5 Year-Old Children by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age Height-For-Age and Weight-For-Height Classifications: 2005

Classification/Nutritional Status Number Percent Distribution

Weight-for-age Underweight 895 24.6 Normal 2,601 73.5 Overweight 64 2.0

Height-for-age Underheight 964 26.3 Normal 2,557 72.5 Tall 39 1.2

Weight-for-Height Thin 175 4.8 Normal 3,316 93.0 Overweight-for-Height 63 2.0 NEC 6 0.2

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.2 Percentage Distribution of 0 to 5 Year-Old Children by Single Age Group by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age and Height-For-Age Classifications: 2005

Age Percent Distribution by Weight-for-Age Number (Years) Underweight Normal Overweight

0 551 10.2 85.9 3.9 1 570 28.9 69.8 1.3 2 598 24.7 73.4 2.0 3 601 25.6 72.5 1.9 4 594 27.7 71.2 1.1 5 646 28.7 69.4 1.8 All 3,560 24.6 73.5 2.0

Percent Distribution by Height-for-Age Number Underheight Normal Tall

0 551 5.4 91.3 3.4 1 570 23.5 75.6 0.9 2 598 25.5 72.6 1.9 3 601 30.0 69.4 0.6 4 594 34.6 65.3 0.2 5 646 36.2 63.6 0.2 All 3,560 26.3 72.5 1.2

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.3 Percentage Distribution of 0 to 5 Year-Old Children by Single Age Group by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Height Classifications: 2005

Age Percent Distribution by Weight-for-Height Number (Years) Thin Normal Overweight NEC for their Height

0 551 4.5 91.9 2.5 1.2 1 570 12.0 86.2 1.9 0.0 2 598 4.0 94.8 1.2 0.0 3 601 4.2 93.9 2.0 0.0 4 594 2.7 95.7 1.6 0.0 5 646 2.1 95.1 2.8 0.0 All 3,560 4.8 93.0 2.0 0.2

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.4 Percentage Distribution of 0 to 5 Year-Old Children by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age Height-For-Age and Weight-For-Height Classifications and by Gender: 2005

Boys Girls Classification/Nutritional Status Number Percent Number Percent

Weight-for-age Underweight 475 25.0 420 24.1 Normal 1,347 73.1 1,256 73.9 Overweight 32 1.9 32 2.0

Height-for-age Underheight 512 26.8 452 25.8 Normal 1,320 72.1 1,237 73.1 Tall 20 1.1 19 1.2

Weight-for-Height Thin 103 5.5 72 4.2 Normal 1,712 92.2 1,604 93.8 Overweight-for-Height 36 2.2 27 1.7 NEC 1 0.1 5 0.3

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.5 Percentage Distribution of 6 to 10 Year-Old Children by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age and Height-For-Age Classifications: 2005

Classification/Nutritional Status Number Percent Distribution

Weight-for-age Underweight 752 22.8 Normal 2,466 75.6 Overweight 46 1.6

Height-for-age Underheight 1,086 32.0 Normal 2,162 67.5 Tall 16 0.5

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.6 Percentage Distribution of 6 to 8 Year-Old Children by Single Age Group by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Height Classifications: 2005

Age Percent Number (Years) Thin Normal Overweight NEC

6 2.9 94.1 3.0 0.0 7 3.8 93.0 2.8 0.4 8 2.9 94.1 2.4 0.5

All 3.2 93.7 2.8 0.3

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.7 Percentage Distribution of 6 to 10 Year-Old Children by Single Age Group by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age and Height-For-Age Classifications: 2005

Age Percent Distribution by Weight-for-Age Number (Years) Underweight Normal Overweight

6 659 24.6 73.7 1.6 7 646 23.8 74.0 2.2 8 643 24.0 74.1 1.9 9 640 20.6 77.7 1.7 10 676 20.7 78.6 0.8 All 3,264 22.8 75.6 1.6

Percent Distribution by Height-for-Age Number Underheight Normal Tall

6 659 30.6 69.1 0.3 7 646 31.4 67.9 0.7 8 643 31.6 67.9 0.5 9 640 31.3 68.2 0.4 10 676 35.0 64.2 0.8 All 3,264 32.0 67.5 0.5

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.8 Percentage Distribution of 6 to 10 Year-Old Children by NCHS/WHO Weight-For-Age and Height-For-Age Classifications and by Gender: 2005

Boys Girls Classification/Nutritional Status Number Percent Number Percent

Weight-for-age Underweight 438 25.9 314 19.5 Normal 1,201 71.9 1,265 79.5 Overweight 33 2.2 13 1.0

Height-for-age Underheight 641 36.7 445 27.1 Normal 1,024 62.8 1,138 72.3 Tall 7 0.5 9 0.6

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.9 Comparison in the Prevalence of Underweight, Underheight, Thin and Overweight Among 0 to 5 Year-Old Children: 2001, 2003 and 2005

Classification/Nutritional Status 2001 2003 2005

Weight-for-age Underweight 30.6 26.9 24.6 Normal 68.4 71.7 73.5 Overweight 1.0 1.4 2.0

Height-for-age Underheight 31.4 29.9 26.3 Normal 68.0 69.5 72.5 Tall 0.5 0.6 1.2

Weight-for-Height Thin 6.3 5.3 4.8 Normal 92.1 92.4 93.0 Overweight-for-Height 1.4 2.1 2.0 NEC 0.1 0.3 0.2

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.10 Comparison in the Prevalence of Underweight, Underheight and Overweight Among 6 to 10 Year-Old Children: 2001, 2003 and 2005

Classification/Nutritional Status 2001 2003 2005

Weight-for-age Underweight 32.9 25.6 22.8 Normal 66.2 73.1 75.6 Overweight 0.8 1.3 1.6

Height-for-age Underheight 41.1 35.8 32.0 Normal 58.7 63.7 67.5 Tall 0.2 0.4 0.5

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.11 Trends in the Prevalence of Underweight, Underheight, Thin and Overweight Among 0 to 5 and 6 to 10 Year-Old Children: 1989-90 to 2005

Nutritional Percent Prevalence Status 1989-90 1992 1993 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005

0 to 5 Years Old Underweight 34.5 34.0 29.9 30.8 32.0 30.6 26.9 24.6 Underheight 39.9 36.8 34.3 34.5 34.0 31.4 29.9 26.3 Thinness 5.0 6.6 6.7 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.3 4.8 Overweight-for-age 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.0

6 to 10 Years Old Underweight 34.2 32.5 30.5 28.3 30.2 32.9 25.6 22.8 Underheight 44.8 42.8 42.2 39.1 40.8 41.1 35.8 32.0 Overweight-for-age 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 - 0.8 1.3 1.6

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.12 Mean Weight and Height of Adolescents, 11 to 19 Years Old by Age Group and by Gender: 2005

Both Gender Male Female Age Group (Years) Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean Weight (kg) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Height (cm) Weight (kg) Height (cm)

11-12 31.66 137.93 33.79 140.85 32.74 139.41

13-19 47.34 157.50 43.90 150.21 45.70 154.02

All 43.00 152.08 40.86 147.39 41.96 149.80

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

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TABLE 6.13 Percentage Distribution of Adolescents, 11 to 19 Years Old by BMI Classification by Age and by Gender: 2005

Gender Sample Underweight Mild Normal Overweight and Age Group Size < P 5 th P 5 th to < P 15 th P 15 th to P 85 th > P 85 th

Male 11-12 622 27.8 23.0 42.9 6.3 13-19 1,628 17.8 20.7 57.2 4.3 All 2,250 20.5 21.3 53.3 4.9

Female 11-12 651 18.0 19.9 56.9 5.2 13-19 1,486 8.2 12.6 74.7 4.6 All 2,137 11.1 14.8 69.3 4.8

Both Sexes 11-12 1,273 22.8 21.4 50.0 5.8 13-19 3,114 13.2 16.8 65.6 4.4 All 4,387 16.0 18.1 61.1 4.8

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

TABLE 6.14 Trends in the Prevalence of Underweight and Overweight Among Adolescents 11 to 19 Years Old: 1993-2005

Gender Underweight Overweight and Age Group 1993 1998 2003 2005 1993 1998 2003 2005

Male 11-12 27.1 34.0 31.0 27.8 2.6 1.8 4.9 6.3 13-19 19.1 19.3 17.0 17.8 2.5 1.0 2.9 4.3 All 21.6 23.0 20.5 20.5 2.6 1.2 3.4 4.9

Female 11-12 19.2 27.2 20.6 18.0 1.5 3.2 3.4 5.2 13-19 5.9 12.9 6.4 8.2 2.5 5.2 3.9 4.6 All 9.5 16.4 10.1 11.1 2.2 4.7 3.8 4.8

Both Sexes 11-12 23.5 30.6 25.9 22.8 2.2 2.5 4.2 27.8 13-19 12.6 16.2 12.0 13.2 2.5 3.1 3.4 17.8 All 15.8 19.8 15.5 16.0 2.4 2.9 3.6 20.5

Notes: NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics WHO - World Health Organization Source: National Center of Health Research/World Health Organization, Food and Nutrition Institute

Section VII – DEFENSE, CRIME AND DELINQUENCY

Crime Indicators constituents such as those committed against national security, laws of the Fourth Quarter 2010 state, public order, public interest, and

public morals, including drug-related offenses and those committed by public officers in the performance of their duty as civil servants. Private crimes , on the other hand, are those that afflict individuals or persons directly but endanger society on the whole, such as crimes against persons (destruction of life, parricide, murder, homicide, infanticide and abortion, and physical injuries); personal liberty and security;

and crimes against property, chastity, and honor.

Introduction In measuring crime volume, a distinct classification is used. Crimes are The government agency classified into index and non-index Index crimes mandated to enforce the law, to prevent categories. are those of and control crimes, to maintain peace serious nature which occur with marked and order, and to ensure public safety frequency and regularity. Crimes against and internal security with the active persons and crimes against property support of the community is the being normally reported to police Non- Philippine National Police (PNP). authorities exemplify index crimes. index crimes , on the other hand, are The PNP's collective effort to those with no marked regularity, hence, address areas of priority, namely , the seldom find report in police files. campaigns against illegal drugs, illegal gambling, terrorism, street crimes, Analysis of Tables kidnapping, bank robberies, hi-jacking, carnapping, and those against wanted Crime volume down 83.0 percent persons and criminal gangs, as well as the accounting of firearms, and A total of 71,711 crimes were insurgency or communist terrorists find reported in the fourth quarter of 2010 substance in the data presented in the against a huge 423,961 in the same following discussion. period of 2009. Volume decreased by more than 350 thousand incidents or by The Revised Penal Code of 1990 83.1 a percent. Solved crimes numbered classified crimes either as public or only 15,324 from the previous. Efficiency private. Public crimes are those that recorded slid to only 21.3 percent from directly endanger the society and its 7.5 percent.

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quarter of 2009 (Table 7.2). FIGURE 1 Total Volume and Efficiency Rate Fourth Quarter: 2009 and 2010 Index crimes occur the most in Central Luzon Total crime volume Efficiency rate 450,000 25.0 Central Luzon reported a total of

400,000 7,219 cases for a 15.9 percent share in

20.0 the fourth quarter of 2010. Central 350,000 Visayas came close with 12.8 percent of 300,000 the crimes as it reported one of the 15.0 lowest efficiency rates NCR came too 250,000 close with 12.7 percent. On the other 200,000 10.0 hand, the ARMM reported the least in

rate Efficiency both periods, 192 (0.4%) in the fourth Crime volume Crime 150,000 quarter of 2010 from 951 (0.3%) in the 100,000 5.0 same period in 2009 (Table 7.2). 50,000 Non-index crimes down by more than 0 0.0 80.0 percent 4th qtr 2010 4th qtr 2009

By nomenclature, non-index Central Luzon reports bulk of crimes crimes do not occur regularly, hence, they number less than index crimes. A Across regions, Central Luzon huge decrease in such crimes was recorded the bulk of crimes committed, observed in the period under review, a 12,369 for an equivalent 17.3 percent, total of 26,558 crimes of this type was thus replacing the National Capital reported in the fourth quarter 2010 from Region (NCR) on second spot with 12.3 169,945 in the same period in 2009 or a percent of the total or 8,778 crimes. dramatic decrease of more than 143 Other regions which reported more thousand or by 84.4 percent. Efficiency crimes included Central Visayas (11.2%), rates moved up to 29.6 percent from 7.8 CALABARZON (9.4%), and Zamboanga percent (Table 7.2). Peninsula (6.6%). At the bottom was the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao FIGURE 2 Index and Non-index Crimes (ARMM) with a report of 280 (0.3%) Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 crimes and with a corresponding 300,000 efficiency of 22.1 percent (Table 7.1). 2010 250,000 2009 Index crimes slid 82.0 percent 200,000 Total volume of index crimes went down to 45,153 in the fourth quarter 2010 150,000 from a big 254,016 in the same period in Number 100,000 2009. This was a big dent of more than 208 thousand incidents or by more than 50,000 82.2 percent. Solved index crimes numbered only 7,455 for an equivalent 0 efficiency rate of only 16.5 percent. An Index crimes Non-index crimes increase of 9.2 percentage points was Type of crime observed, from 7.3 percent in the fourth 102 JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS

Two regions, Central Luzon and CALABARZON with 10.1 percent came NCR registered the bulk of non-index next and NCR came on third with 9.9 crimes with 19.4 percent and 11.4 percent. The ARMM had the least with a percent shares, respectively of the total report of 0.8 percent share (Table 7.3). in that period of 2010. CALABARZON, Central Visayas, and the Zamboanga Crime against property dwindles by Peninsula combined for a little over a 81.0 percent quarter of the overall total crimes. The ARMM reported the least in this FIGURE 4 Crime versus Property category, from 433 (0.2in 2009 to 88 Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 (0.3%) in 2010, all of fourth quarter 100,000 (Table 7.2). 2010 2009 89,884

Crime against persons slips to 84.1 80,000 percent 60,000 FIGURE 3 Crime Against Persons Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010 37,693 Number 40,000

4th Qtr 2010 120,000 15,834 4th Qtr 2009 20,000 106,737 8,439 100,000 -

Robbery Theft 80,000

Type of crime 60,000 Number Volume of crimes committed

40,000 against property went down drastically by

81.0 percent, from 127 thousand in 2009 20,000 14,351 fourth quarter to only 24, 273 in the 2010 4,468 2,647 3,395 2,292 945 1,118 fourth quarter. Majority of these crimes - were reported to be theft (65.2%) and the M urder Homicide Physical Rape injury other robbery (34.28). Type of crime Central Visayas reported the Crimes committed against biggest crime volume of this kind, 4,171 persons dented by 84.1 percent, from (17.2%) and followed closely by NCR at 117,247 in fourth quarter 2009 to 18,706 3,770 (15.5%). At the cellar was ARMM in 2010 fourth quarter. with a crime report of 30 cases (0.1%) (Table 7.4). By type of crime, that on physical injury were the biggest with 14,351 incidents. Murder was second with 11.0 Fire Incidence: 2010 percent share, rape 5.7 percent, while the least went to homicide at 4.7 percent. Introduction

Reports from the regions reflected The Bureau of Fire Protection volume increases. It was in Central (BFP) is the agency concerned with the Luzon where the bulk of these crimes prevention and investigation of fire- took place, 17.6 percent of the total. related crimes. It is primarily responsible

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in enforcing the fire code and other On second place was Western related laws such as preventing and Visayas which reported 1,859 (43.4%) suppressing all destructive fires on incidents. The rest reported below a buildings, houses and other structures, thousand fires. Meanwhile, the forests, land transportation vehicles, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao equipment, ships or vessels docked or at (ARMM) reported the least number of bay, petroleum installations, plane fires at 64(0.5%) (Table 7.5). crashes, and other similar incidents. In its task of investigating incidences of fire Fire by accident occurs more than and their causes, the BFP is likewise other classified fires mandated to file proper fire-related complaints with the city or provincial By motive, accidental fires were prosecutor, when necessary. reported to be the biggest in number as it ignited 76.4 percent of the total. Analysis of Tables Unknown motive shared 21.2 percent, and intentional fires 2.4 percent (Table Number of fire incidents down 4.2 7.5). percent Number of fire casualties up 9.4

percent The BFP reported a total of 10,773 incidents of fire in 2010 As to number of casualties, there throughout the country. This was 470 were a total of 911 in 2010 as against incidents or 4.2 percent less than what 833 in 2009, an increase of 9.4 percent. was reported in 2009 (Table 7.5). Of this, 30.2 percent were killed and injured 69.8 percent. Electrical connections number one cause of fire NCR, reported the most number of casualties – 226 or 2.1 percent of the As it was in 2009, by origin, most total (Table 7.5). fires were due to electrical connections, as 3,174 (29.5%) cases were reported in 2010. Open flames came on second as it caused 1,796 (16.7%) fire incidents. On third was lighted cigarette butts 949 (8.8%). Other causes (3.2%) are numerous to discount damages. Unknown causes were even bigger than those identified as a total of 4,446 (41.3%) were recorded (Table 7.5).

NCR reports most number of fires

Across regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) reported the most number of fires in the year under review, 4,288 (39.8%), as it did in the year 2009, (47.2%).

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TABLE 7.1 Total Crime Volume and Efficiency Rate by Region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009

Region Efficiency Efficiency Volume Solved Volume Solved Rate Rate

Philippines 71,711 15,324 21.4 423,961 31,859 7.5 NCR 8,778 4,675 53.3 48,734 13,591 27.9 CAR 3,714 282 7.6 10,844 178 1.6 I -Ilocos Region 3,893 593 15.2 14,307 1,155 8.1 II -Cagayan Valley 1,670 332 19.9 16,876 395 2.3 III - Central Luzon 12,369 1,199 9.7 49,385 2,013 4.1 IVA - CALABARZON 6,734 1,793 26.6 40,861 2,110 5.2 IVB - MIMAROPA 1,154 223 19.3 13,044 611 4.7 V - Bicol Region 3,875 948 24.5 16,882 558 3.3 VI - Western Visayas 2,674 764 28.6 45,337 -134 -0.3 VII - Central Visayas 7,992 1,350 16.9 28,580 2,478 8.7 VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,780 252 14.2 26,472 764 2.9 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 4,699 408 8.7 17,729 1,565 8.8 X - Northern Mindanao 3,674 318 8.7 37,069 875 2.4 XI - Davao Region 4,268 910 21.3 24,841 -80 -0.3 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2,916 1,012 34.7 20,446 4,426 21.6 Caraga 1,241 203 16.4 11,170 609 5.5 ARMM 280 62 22.1 1,384 745 53.8

Source: Philippine National Police

TABLE 7.2 Index and Non-index Crimes by Region Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Index Crimes

Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009 Region Efficiency Efficiency Volume Solved Volume Solved Rate Rate

Philippines 45,153 7,455 16.5 254,016 18,640 7.3 NCR 5,767 2,422 42.0 34,085 7,965 23.4 CAR 2,279 165 7.2 7,068 116 1.6 I - Ilocos Region 2,101 272 12.9 9,974 749 7.5 II - Cagayan Valley 1,072 183 17.1 9,723 493 5.1 III - Central Luzon 7,219 628 8.7 26,420 936 3.5 IVA - CALABARZON 4,494 842 18.7 24,226 1,526 6.3 IVB - MIMAROPA 641 116 18.1 6,887 254 3.7 V - Bicol Region 1,983 358 18.1 10,430 428 4.1 VI - Western Visayas 1,897 336 17.7 25,581 181 0.7 VII - Central Visayas 5,781 554 9.6 20,258 963 4.8 VIII - Eastern Visayas 1,219 114 9.4 14,470 538 3.7 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,020 217 10.7 7,314 895 12.2 X - Northern Mindanao 2,774 172 6.2 22,463 637 2.8 XI - Davao Region 3,049 478 15.7 15,537 145 0.9 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,824 448 24.6 11,563 2,223 19.2 Caraga 841 117 13.9 7,066 169 2.4 ARMM 192 33 17.2 951 422 44.4

Continued

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Table 7.2 -- Concluded

Non-index Crimes

Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009 Region Efficiency Efficiency Volume Solved Volume Solved Rate Rate

Philippines 26,558 7,869 29.6 169,945 13,219 7.8 NCR 3,011 2,253 74.8 14,649 5,626 38.4 CAR 1,435 117 8.2 3,776 62 1.6 I- Ilocos Region 1,792 321 17.9 4,333 406 9.4 II - Cagayan Valley 598 149 24.9 7,153 -98 -1.4 III - Central Luzon 5,150 571 11.1 22,965 1,077 4.7 IVA - CALABARZON 2,240 951 42.5 16,635 584 3.5 IVB - MIMAROPA 513 107 20.9 6,157 357 5.8 V- Bicol Region 1,892 590 31.2 6,452 130 2.0 VI - Western Visayas 777 428 55.1 19,756 -315 -1.6 VII - Central Visayas 2,211 796 36.0 8,322 1,515 18.2 VIII - Eastern Visayas 561 138 24.6 12,002 226 1.9 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,679 191 7.1 10,415 670 6.4 X- Northern Mindanao 900 146 16.2 14,606 238 1.6 XI - Davao Region 1,219 432 35.4 9,304 -225 -2.4 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 1,092 564 51.6 8,883 2,203 24.8 XIII-Caraga 400 86 21.5 4,104 440 10.7 ARMM 88 29 33.0 433 323 74.6

Source: Philippine National Police

TABLE 7.3 Crimes Against Persons by Region: Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Crime Against Persons

Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009

Region Physical Physical Total Murder Homicide Rape Total Murder Homicide Rape Injury Injury

Philippines 18,706 2,292 945 14,351 1,118 117,247 4,468 2,647 106,737 3,395 NCR 1,612 152 108 1,270 82 11,882 285 247 10,995 355 CAR 1,356 47 42 1,240 27 3,223 68 46 2,959 150 I- Ilocos Region 1,245 85 30 1,102 28 5,997 211 32 5,613 141 II - Cagayan Valley 597 65 34 463 35 6,174 208 162 5,645 159 III -Central Luzon 3,289 168 66 2,832 223 13,862 149 28 13,195 490 IVA - CALABARZON 1,967 334 120 1,305 208 11,527 571 346 9,965 645 IVB - MIMAROPA 427 53 17 316 41 4,428 52 24 4,212 140 V -Bicol Region 1,138 140 45 886 67 4,878 242 74 4,480 82 VI- Western Visayas 856 149 69 530 108 11,156 451 377 10,267 61 VII - Central Visayas 1,443 192 101 1,068 82 6,612 425 290 5,643 254 VIII-Eastern Visayas 567 112 53 383 19 7,229 294 197 6,603 135 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 1,018 160 54 752 52 3,006 366 237 2,183 220 X- Northern Mindanao 844 131 42 651 20 10,075 202 98 9,621 154 XI - Davao Region 1,029 169 66 774 20 7,332 331 118 6,841 42 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 788 144 65 504 75 5,672 464 282 4,617 309 XIII-Caraga 375 99 25 225 26 3,627 111 51 3,427 38 ARMM 155 92 8 50 5 567 38 38 47120

Source: Philippine National Police

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TABLE 7.4 Crime Against Property by Region: Fourth Quarter 2009 and 2010

Crime Against Property

Region Fourth Quarter 2010 Fourth Quarter 2009 Total Robbery Theft Total Robbery Theft

Philippines 24,273 8,439 15,834 127,577 37,693 89,884

NCR 3,770 1,798 1,972 20,769 9,395 11,374 CAR 886 255 631 3,671 916 2,755 I - Ilocos Region 784 92 692 3,557 1,046 2,511 II - Cagayan Valley 410 135 275 3,192 764 2,428 III -Central Luzon 3,443 1,216 2,227 11,527 3,441 8,086 IVA - CALABARZON 2,214 996 1,218 11,675 4,255 7,420 IVB-MIMAROPA 206 73 133 1,956 624 1,332 V - Bicol Region 806 263 543 5,399 1,264 4,135 VI - Western Visayas 983 303 680 13,763 2,891 10,872 VII - Central Visayas 4,171 1,296 2,875 13,683 3,489 10,194 VIII - Eastern Visayas 642 159 483 6,087 1,142 4,945 IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 924 294 630 3,991 870 3,121 X - Northern Mindanao 1,773 501 1,272 11,725 3,101 8,624 XI - Davao Region 1,936 552 1,384 7,904 1,926 5,978 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 852 330 522 5,302 1,750 3,552 Caraga 443 155 288 3,252 695 2,557 ARMM 30 21 9 - 124 -

Source: Philippine National Police

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TABLE 7.5 Fire Incidence by Origin and by Motive, and Number of Persons Killed/Injured by Region: 2009and 2010

2010 Fire Incidence Region Causes Total Electrical Spontaneous Open flames/ LPG Lighted Chemicals Combustion Cooking Explosion Cigarette Butt

Philippines 10,773 3,174 182 1,796 80 949 82 NCR 4,288 1,813 77 549 42 752 75 CAR 27339 - 25 - 19 - I-Ilocos Region 276 43 1 40 1 4 - II - Cagayan Valley 152 48 2 35 2 6 - III - Central Luzon 547 162 1 75 6 11 1 IVA-CALABARZON 728 111 9 389 4 2 - IVB-MIMAROPA 113 22 - 28 1 3 - V-Bicol Region 233 67 3 47 1 5 4 VI -Western Visayas 1,859 282 15 171 7 46 1 VII - Central Visayas 702 198 14 161 5 68 1 VII-Eastern Visayas 160 32 - 25 - 2 - IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 171 56 1 35 - 6 - X - Northern Mindanao 347 67 3 51 2 1 - XI - Davao Region 469 176 6 104 6 23 - XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 289 31 49 49 1 1 - Caraga 102 3 - 1 - - - ARMM 6424 1 11 2 - -

Fire Incidence Number of Persons Causes Fire Case Fatalities Injured Flammable Unknown/ Accidental Intentional Unknown liquids Others

Philippines 64 4,446 8,233 253 2,287 275 636 NCR 9 971 3,612 46 630 42 184 CAR - 190 216 9 48 5 20 I -Ilocos Region 1 186 127 8 141 11 9 II - Cagayan Valley 2 57 105 7 40 18 24 III - Central Luzon 2 289 303 7 236 27 47 IVA - CALABARZON 1 212 391 47 291 20 32 IVB - MIMAROPA 1 58 59 8 46 6 10 V-Bicol Region 8 98 126 14 89 13 31 VI -Western Visayas 5 1,332 1,613 16 233 22 73 VII-Central Visayas 6 249 566 30 106 27 60 VII-Eastern Visayas 8 93 65 14 82 31 32 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 1 72 137 6 28 8 16 X -Northern Mindanao 9 214 257 10 80 16 15 XI-Davao Region 5 149 415 12 42 10 30 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2 156 132 8 149 14 25 Caraga - 98 67 1 34 2 16 ARMM 4 22 42 10 12 3 12

Continued

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Table 7.5 -- Concluded

2009 Causes Region Origin Total Electrical Spontaneous Open flames/ LPG Lighted Chemicals Combustion Cooking Explosion Cigarette Butt

Philippines 11,243 2,972 194 574 126 561 66 NCR 5,307 1,756 36 187 69 464 60 CAR 20324 - 14 - 14 - I-Ilocos Region 369 57 1 35 1 8 - II-Cagayan Valley 181 51 - 7 2 2 - III - Central Luzon 450 101 2 16 2 5 2 IVA-CALABARZON 755 103 1 8 19 - - IVB-MIMAROPA 129 30 - 3 2 2 - V-Bicol Region 210 50 1 18 2 - - VI-Western Visayas 1,180 259 7 63 4 17 1 VII - Central Visayas 669 167 6 61 12 22 2 VII-Eastern Visayas 163 26 2 11 1 4 - IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 194 51 - 19 - 2 - X - Northern Mindanao 332 77 1 34 1 2 - XI - Davao Region 530 140 13 58 8 15 1 XII-SOCCSKSARGEN 351 37 123 17 - 2 - Caraga 16629 1 21 2 2 - ARMM 5414 - 21 - -

Fire Incidence Number of Persons Causes Fire Case Fatalities Injured Flammable Unknown/ Accidental Intentional Unknown liquids Others

Philippines 85 6,665 6,128 204 1,939 235 598 NCR 12 2,723 2,970 25 556 66 172 CAR 1 150 135 11 33 - 18 I -Ilocos Region 4 263 185 7 120 5 10 II -Cagayan Valley 1 118 91 4 35 8 10 III - Central Luzon - 322 170 - 179 28 18 IVA - CALABARZON 1 623 383 1 268 17 126 IVB - MIMAROPA 2 90 50 5 44 4 - V-Bicol Region 8 131 93 10 57 3 5 VI -Western Visayas 14 815 735 32 154 27 38 VII-Central Visayas 7 392 390 16 96 21 30 VII-Eastern Visayas 7 112 47 17 73 7 12 IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 6 116 88 17 38 11 13 X - Northern Mindanao 3 214 156 10 89 9 78 XI-Davao Region 6 289 324 25 41 11 33 XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 11 161 207 17 90 9 20 Caraga - 111 75 1 61 9 13 ARMM 2 35 29 6 5 - 2

Source: Bureau of Fire Protection

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