PDF Copy of Facts & Statistics EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT POPULATION HEALTH EMPLOYMENT ESTABLISHMENT PUBLIC ORDER, SAFETY AND JUSTICE The province of Occidental Mindoro
is characterized by successive mountain ranges, valleys and plateaus with rolling grazing
lands along the coast. Occidental Mindoro is gifted by nature with highly fertile soil and
rich fishing grounds. Its virgin jungle and inaccessible wild mountain terrain has
protected its wildlife, among them, the world famous Tamaraw. More than seventy percent of the
total land area of Occidental Mindoro is composed of forest reserve, timberland, national
parks/ game refuge and bird sanctuary/ wilderness areas, military reserve, civil reserve
and fishpond. Mt. Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary and Apo Reef Natural Park were proclaimed in April 23, 2000 and September 6, 1996, respectively, as protected areas in the province.
According to the 2000 Census on
Population and Housing (CPH), Occidental Mindoro has 3.2% of the Southern Tagalog Region
(STR) population. The province has a total population of 380,250 with a growth rate
of 2.45. Among the municipalities of Occidental Mindoro, San Jose has the largest
population composed of 29%. Maburao, the capital only has 8% of the total population.
Moreover, only the population in the municipality of Lubang decreased by 0.84%.
Forty-eight percent of the population of Occidental Mindoro is composed of female while
the 52% are male.
In 1999 there were 111 barangay
health stations (BHS) in Occidental Mindoro. The number of BHS decreased by 11.2%
compared to the 125 BHS in 1998. Furthermore, the number of doctors, nurses,
dentists and barangay health workers declined by 30.8%, 16.7%, 22.2% and 8.8%
respectively. The trimming down was due to the decrease of the BHS. From 1996-1998, the leading cause
of morbidity in Occidental Mindoro was diarrhea with the number of cases increasing every
year. On the other hand heart patients decreased very significantly through out 1996-1998
with only eight cases in 1998. In 1999, 55.9% of the children from 0-83 months were normal in weight. While 41.6% were underweight and only 2.5% were overweight. Moreover, of the 31,288 underweight children in 1999, 85.4% were mildly underweight, 1.4% were severely underweight and 13.3% were moderately underweight.
As of school year 2000-2001, there were 331 schools for pre-school, elementary and secondary students in Occidental Mindoro. Compared to SY 1999-2000, there was a slight decrease in the number of public schools in pre-school (46.7%), elementary (1.2%) and secondary (3.2%).
The number of teachers improved in
the SY 2000-2001 with an increase of 1.1% in elementary and 1.7% in secondary.
In 1994, the simple literacy rate
of male in the province was 97.9% while that of the female was 93%. However, in the
functional literacy of the same year, female had 85.3% while male had 81%. Of the total number of persons
employed in Occidental Mindoro as of July 2001, 66% were engaged in agriculture, 6% in
industry and 28% in services.
The province unemployment rate, as
of July 2001, reached 7.7%. Meanwhile the labor force participation rate in July 2001
decreased to 5.4% compared to April of the same year.
Most of the female were still not in the labor force. As of July 2001, 80% the female were not employed.
The average annual income of a
family in the province of Occidental Mindoro for the year 2000 was P100,607 while the
average annual expenditure amounted to P83,353.
There was a 10.5% decline in the
production of palay in the province of Occidental Mindoro from 2000 to 2001. The
production of the irrigated and rainfed type of farms decreased by 8.4% and 14.4%
respectively. For the same years, the production of corn increased by 1.9%.
Chicken production from 2000 to
2001 decreased by 0.04%. Of the 615,928 chicken inventoried, 98.2% were native/improved
variety. Meanwhile, 59.8% of the fisheries production of Occidental Mindoro was for
commercial purposes. For the aquaculture, seaweeds were the main type of culture produced.
The number of establishments
decreased from 1999 to 2000 except for the following sectors: electricity, gas and water;
financing, insurance, real estate and business activities; and other sectors. The
highest decline was in the mining and quarrying sector with 39.5% decrease. PUBLIC ORDER, SAFETY AND JUSTICE Ninety-four percent of the
police personnel in Occidental Mindoro were male. Out of the 449 police personnel,
there were only 25 female.
In 2001, the number of index crime
was greater than before by 40.3% while the non-index crime dropped by 47.5%. Of the
209 index crimes committed in 2001, 33% were physical injury and 3.8% were theft.
Although the crime volume decreased
by 13.5% in 2001, the crime solution rate was very poor compared to the previous years.
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