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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: 2000-2020
Table 6.2• Infant and Under Five Mortality Rates by Region, 2008
Table 6.3• Mortality by Age Group, All Causes, Region V: 2004
Table 6.4• Total Fertility Rate by Region: 2008
Table 6.5• Fertility Indicators, Region V: 2008
Table 6.6• Women Currently Using Any Modern Family Planning Method by Region:
2008
Table 6.7• Unmet Need for Family Planning by Region: 2008
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• Maternal Health Indicators, Region V: 2008
Table 6.10• Percentage of Women with Knowledge in Preventing HIV/AIDS, Region V:
2008
Table 6.11• Number and Rate of Maternal Deaths by Region: 2006
Figure 6.1• Crude Birth and Death Rates, Region V: 2000-2015
Figure 6.2• Leading Causes of Maternal Mortality, Region V: 2009

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