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Pneumonia remains in the list of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the
Philippines. It ranked third among the causes of morbidity and fourth among the causes
of death in 2000.
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with the intensification of the program to
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control acute respiratory infections during
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this period. The morbidity trend decreased
400 Morbidity
slightly from 1997 to 2000 but the number of
Mortality
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cases remained high at 829 cases per 100,000
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population in 2000. On the other hand, there is
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Western Visayas
Central Visayas mortality rate from pneumonia is Western
Eastern Visayas
Western Mindanao
Visayas (74.6 deaths per 100,000 population)
Northern Mindanao followed closely by Ilocos (73.7 per 100,000)
Southern Mindanao
Central Mindanao
and Cagayan Valley (59.2 per 100,000) with
Caraga ARMM having the lowest reported death
ARMM
PHILIPPINES from pneumonia at 2.5 deaths per 100,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 followed by Central Mindanao (15.6 per
Rate per 100,000 population 100,000) and Western Mindanao (21.3 per
Source: Philippine Health Statistics, 2000 100,000) (PHS 2000).
Death rate from pneumonia among children under-five years of age followed a
downward trend since the 1980s. The death rate from pneumonia decreased by around
83.6 percent during a twenty-year period, from 401.93 per 100,000 under five years old