National OCCIDENTAL QUICKSTAT Statistics Office (Monthly Update of Most Requested Statistics) As of April 2011

INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA PRICE INDICES (2000=100) 2010 Mar 2011 Feb 2010 Mar 2010 Consumer Price Index 155.30 163.80 163.20 153.90r Inflation rate 3.10 6.40 6.40 3.10 Purchasing power of the peso 0.64 0.61 0.61 0.65 PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meter; value in P1,000) 2009 4th Qtr 2010 3rd Qtr 2010 4th Qtr 2009 Total number of buildings 2,065 438 599 504 Total floor area 264,410 87,586 88,170 61,617 Value 2,191,428 962,585 676,737 610,732 Residential (number) 1,535 355 528 376 Total floor area 159,211 36,411 65,599 38,779 Value 1,264,934 314,313 520,923 319,472 Nonresidential (number) 247 71 68 58 Total floor area 93,527 51,175 22,571 22,192 Value 606,571 584,119 152,769 171,059 GEOGRAPHY (Sources: in Figures and Philippine Yearbook) 2009 2008 2007 Number of cities 13 13 13 Number of municipalities 19 19 19 Number of barangays (excluding City) 601 601 601 DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2007 Census of Population) 2007 2000 1995 Total population (including Bacolod City) 2,869,766 2,565,723 2,031,841 Urban - 900,263 - Rural - 1,665,460 - Male - 1,087,184 1,033,974 Female - 1,049,463 997,867 Annual growth rate (2000-2007) (excluding Bacolod City) 1.44 1.08 1.05 Sex ratio (number of males for every 100 females) 106.1 103.59 103.60 Household population 2,367,289 2,134,812 2,429,011 Male 1,218,737 1,085,784 1,226,654 Female 1,148,552 1,049,028 1,202,357 Number of households 473,343 416,222 387,234 Average household size 5.00 5.13 5.24 Population density (square kilometer) 304 270 266.40 Median age -2019 Dependency ratio - 74.90 78.90 Young dependents - 67.60 72.60 Old dependents - 7.30 6.30 Proportion by age group 0 - 4 - 12.20 13.90 0 - 14 - 38.60 40.60 15 - 64 - 57.20 55.90 18 and over - 54.50 52.60 65 and over - 4.20 3.50 Proportion of urban population - 35.10 n.a Proportion of persons with disabilities - 1.20 1.60 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL QUICKSTAT (As of April 2011) 2

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2007 Census of Population) 2007 2000 1995 Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over) Total 1,793,729 1,584,360 1,463,787 Single 848,838 733,923 694,649 Married 787,748 703,824 679,834 Widowed 88,142 71,597 61,261 Divorced/Separated 13,419 9,744 5,720 Common-Law/Live-in 50,779 49,131 21,080 Unknown/Not Stated 7,803 16,141 1,243 Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2000 1995 1990 Both sexes 169,890 143,440 137,763 Male 76,669 67,456 64,769 Female 93,181 75,984 72,994 Disabled persons by type of disability, by sex and age group 2007 2000 1995 Total - 26,634 31,909 Total blindness - 1,400 987 Partial blindness - 2,953 2,596 Low vision - 8,284 10,550 Total deafness - 2,155 736 Partial deafness - 1,253 2,669 Hard of hearing - 1,169 817 Oral defect - 1,373 1,597 Loss of one or both arms/hands - 826 575 Loss of one or both legs/feet - 1,462 509 Quadriplegic - 1,638 - Mentally retarded - 1,949 2,073 Mentally ill - 1,428 1,364 Multiple impairment - 744 - Muteness - - 1,029 Deafness/Muteness --- Others - - 6,407 Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2007 2000 1995 Both sexes 2,085,457 1,873,472 1,746,426 No grade completed 137,422 128,496 139,808 Pre-school 66,520 41,880 61,633 Elementary 952,144 947,993 905,308 1st-4th Grade 511,685 535,003 508,581 5th-6th Grade 151,402 412,990 396,727 Graduate 289,057 - - High school 610,180 463,712 410,743 Undergraduate 296,449 276,693 235,008 Graduate 313,731 187,019 175,735 Post-secondary 63,918 60,207 41,802 Undergraduate 5,835 25,706 10,223 Graduate 58,083 34,501 31,579 College undergraduate 106,708 122,259 77,692 Academic degree holder 125,959 50,246 80,008 Post-baccalaureate 1,435 11,959 1,354 Not stated 21,171 46,720 28,078 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL QUICKSTAT (As of April 2011) 3

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing) 2000 1995 1990 Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over) Both sexes 17,796 8,700 5,396 No grade completed 247 100 65 Pre-school 31 12 1 Elementary 4,927 1,043 497 1st-4th Grade 2,434 431 224 5th-7th Grade 2,493 612 273 High school 3,866 1,577 761 Undergraduate 2,003 467 240 Graduate 1,863 1,110 521 Post-secondary 3,047 1,492 883 Undergraduate 872 135 126 Graduate 2,175 1,357 757 College undergraduate 2,769 1,139 686 Academic degree holder 2,001 3,238 2,467 Post-baccalaureate 454 20 - Not stated 454 79 36 VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2004 2003 2002 Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 38,929 45,680 44,657 Male 20,105 23,833 23,049 Female 18,824 21,847 21,608 Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 10,597 18,132 18,807 Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 15,026 14,695 14,554 Male 9,167 8,921 8,860 Female 5,859 5,774 5,694 2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005 Crude birtha (per thousand population) 25.91 27.11 28.05 Crude deatha (per thousand population) 5.65 5.88 6.17 Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 20.26 21.23 21.88 Total fertility ratea (number of children per woman) 3.32 3.57 3.83 Life expectancy at birtha (in years; medium assumption) Male 68.56 67.06 65.56 Female 75.29 74.09 72.89 EDUCATION (Sources: 2000 CPH/1994 Functional Literacy and Mass Media Survey) 2000 1994 1990 Literate (simple literacy in thousands) 1,445 1,537 1,508 Literacy rate (simple literacy) 91.21 91.12 92.64 AGRICULTURE (Source: 2002 Census of Agriculture Vol. I) 2002 1991 1980 Number of farms by land use 2/ 132,137 115,914 59,983 Area of farms by land use (in hectares) 277,135 320,500 295,919 Arable lands Land planted to temporary crops 223,519 269,084 210,393 Lands lying idle 3/ 1,932 2,535 25,884 Land planted to permanent crops 40,596 45,073 38,787 Land under permanent meadows and pasture 336 574 5,374 Lands covered with forest growth 650 322 6,941 All other lands 4/ 8,794 2,911 8,540 NEGROS OCCIDENTAL QUICKSTAT (As of April 2011) 4

AGRICULTURE (Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics) 2008 2007 2006 Top five agricultural crops Palay Area (hectares) 115,603 113,970 111,925 Production (metric tons) 432,527 425,112 413,906 Corn Area (hectares) 58,190 55,642 51,740 Production (metric tons) 82,500 77,939 63,230 Coconut Area (hectares) 34,599 34,599 34,599 Production (metric tons) 117,445 113,338 120,936 Sugarcane Area (hectares) 165,037 165,058 167,878 Production (metric tons) 12,156,699 10,054,255 11,898,723 Banana Area (hectares) 9,503 9,503 9,503 Production (metric tons) 83,729 82,289 78,020 Top five livestock 2008 2007 2006 97,782 98,215 97,625 Cattle 30,180 29,891 29,231 Chicken 6,228,460 4,568,299 4,349,767 Duck - 422,192 378,400 Goat 211,890 200,662 182,504 INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (Source: Department of Budget and Management) 2008 2007 2006 IRA (million pesos) 1,309.60 1,161.30 1,057.10 Rank 233 Percentage of IRA to total financial resources 84.50 92.40 88.20r Rank 31 19 28r HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (Source: National Statistical Coordination Board) 2000 1997 Human development index 5/ 0.566 0.543 Rank 47 42 BANKS (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2008 2007 2006 Total number of banks 155 153 153 Total bank deposits (millions) 49,162 40,799 44,045 PAWNSHOP (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2003 2002 Total number of pawnshops 235 210 REGISTERED VOTERS (Source: Commission on Elections) 2008 2007 Number of registered voters 1,575,159 1,499,009 Rank 22 r-revised p-preliminary a/ 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Projections. 1/ 5th-6th Grade Level only. 2/ A farm was counted once under "ALL CLASSES" but may be counted under each of the reported land utilization. 3/ Included home lot. 4/ Included lands temporarily fallowed and lands under temporary meadows/pastures. 5/ This attempts to measure the complete concept of human development by tracking the progress of three selected aspects of human life. Note: The latest provincial figures on Business and Industry, Minimum Basic Needs Indicators, and Family Income and Expenditure can be found in the December 2008 Provincial Quickstat.

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