Health Indicators

SELECTED CAUSES OF DISEASES

Selected Causes of Death by Region
Philippines, 2000

Area
Nutritional Deficiencies
Chronic Lower
Resp. Dis.
Pneumonia
Cerebro Vascular Diseases
Disorder of the Heart
Transport Accidents
Malignant Neoplasm
of Lung
Philippines
2,607
15,904
32,637
21,705
60,417
5,680
6,395
NCR
220
2,056
4,344
2,840
11,799
653
1,194
CAR
19
167
494
319
642
98
103
Region 1
151
1,309
3,056
2,029
4,345
484
530
Region 2
54
850
1,667
658
1,921
326
266
Region 3
251
2,374
2,652
3,405
7,638
528
966
Region 4
397
2,860
4,060
3,669
10,101
816
1,255
Region 5
228
1,079
2,706
1,359
4,107
366
166
Region 6
369
1,584
4,724
2,057
4,660
438
557
Region 7
264
1,061
2,932
1,416
4,643
335
447
Region 8
155
620
1,978
835
2,764
238
134
Region 9
90
415
671
535
1,404
163
112
Region 10
129
3 59
918
503
1,508
269
150
Region 11
153
587
1,356
1,181
2,727
481
307
Region 12
70
288
416
397
823
203
102
ARMM
9
46
54
48
167
108
12
CARAGA
48
246
609
450
1,141
167
90
Foreign Country
0
3
0
4
27
7
4

Source: Philippine Health Statistics 2000, DOH

Area
Intestinal Infectious Disease
TB All Forms
Leukemia
Dengue
Malaria
Liver Disease
Philippines
5,415
27,557
2,219
386
286
4,710
NCR
781
3,982
373
111
5
740
CAR
76
250
27
5
16
61
Region 1
354
1,825
168
20
4
316
Region 2
174
909
67
7
38
124
Region 3
431
2,996
279
42
9
387
Region 4
774
4,379
316
70
73
591
Region 5
386
2,283
152
14
1
308
Region 6
615
3,944
204
14
0
606
Region 7
500
1,427
233
49
2
566
Region 8
333
1,285
80
10
3
213
Region 9
224
654
42
6
13
157
Region 10
144
741
62
9
12
181
Region 11
257
1,531
127
15
47
211
Region 12
157
582
44
10
16
110
ARMM
89
98
3
0
21
16
CARAGA
120
671
41
4
26
121
Not Stated
0
0
1
0
0
2

Source: Philippine Health Statistics 2000, DOH
Last Update: January 25, 2005