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Women and Men in Bicol Region
Health and Family Planning

One of the primary concerns of the government is the provision of adequate health services to its people. The health of the citizenry ensures a productive manpower resource that would effect and sustain social land economic development.

Particularly, women’s reproductive health has been given much focus in the country’s population management program in recent years. The reduction in maternal mortality being one of the targets among the Millennium Development Goals has given this concern added emphasis. Women need special care to make them physically and mentally healthy to perform the critical role of child bearing and rearing aside from being productive partners of men in economic pursuits.

In the Bicol Region however, much has still to be done to achieve the goals for women’s reproductive health. The region has one of the highest unmet need for family planning, a high percentage of preventable causes of maternal deaths and low access to health facilities and qualified health personnel during delivery.

The data for this section were sourced from the National Statistics Office and the Department of Health.

List of Tables and Figures
 

Table 6.1• Life Expectancy at Birth, Region V: 2005-2020
Table 6.2• Infant and Under Five Mortality Rates by Region, 2003 and 2006
Table 6.3• Mortality by Age Group, All Causes, Region V: 2003
Table 6.4• Percent of Women with Surviving Children Below Five Years Old by Place of Delivery, Region V: 2005-2006
Table 6.5• Percentage of Married Women Using Contraception, Region V: 2004-2006
Table 6.6• Percent of Married Women Age 15-49 Using Family Planning Method by Method Used, Region V: 2004-2006
Table 6.7• Unmet Need for Family Planning by Region: 2006
Table 6.8• Percent Distribution of Currently Married Women Opting not to Avoid or Delay Pregnancy by Reason for Not Using Contraceptive Method, Region V: 2006
Table 6.9• Percentage of Births in the Five Years Prior to Survey by Type of Attendant at Birth, Region V: 2004-2006
Table 6.10• Beliefs About AIDS: 2003
Table 6.11• Maternal Mortality, Region V: 2000-2003
Figure 6.1• Crude Birth and Death Rates by Province, Region V: 2005 - 2010
Figure 6.2• Leading Causes of Maternal Mortality, Region V: 2006
Figure 6.3• Percentage of Women and Men Who Have Heard of AIDS and Who Believe There is a Way to Avoid HIV/AIDS, Region V: 2003

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