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FAMILY PLANNING AND MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH

CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE BY REGION

Cagayan Valley had the highest prevalence rate for modern methods, while ARMM had the lowest.

Percent of married women using contraception by region, Philippines: 2001-2002.
	Any Method		Modern Methods		Traditional Methods		#of women (in '000)
	2001	2002	2001	2002	2001	2002	2002
PHILIPPINES	49.5	48.8	33.1	35.1	16.4	13.8	11,604
Ilocos Region	43.6	42.5	30.9	34.2	12.7	8.3	632
Cagayan Valley	61.7	58.7	51.3	50.1	10.3	8.6	452
Central Luzon	54.7	54.5	37.1	39.7	17.6	14.7	1,161
Southern Tagalog	50.6	51.3	36.2	38.0	14.4	13.3	1,801
Bicol Region	42.0	40.1	19.1	26.1	22.9	14.0	685
Western Visayas	45.5	46.3	28.3	32.8	17.2	13.5	865
Central Visayas	49.0	48.3	26.5	32.9	22.5	15.4	817
Eastern Visayas	44.9	47.4	24.7	25.3	20.1	22.1	550
Western Mindanao	49.9	47.1	33.1	31.5	16.8	15.6	501
Northern Mindanao	54.6	55.3	37.0	39.7	17.6	15.6	437
Southern Mindanao	60.5	52.3	39.5	39.4	21.0	12.9	814
Central Mindanao	52.1	58.5	35.3	44.1	16.9	14.4	395
NCR	51.3	48.7	38.2	34.5	13.0	14.1	1,586
CAR	46.8	48.5	32.2	38.4	14.6	10.2	207
ARMM	15.1	16.2	7.6	10.5	7.5	5.6	352
Caraga	51.5	52.6	34.6	35.1	16.9	17.5	349