ANNUAL PER CAPITA POVERTY THRESHOLDS AND INCIDENCES OF FAMILIES AND  POPULATION BY REGION
	1991, 1994, 1997  and 2000
				1991				1994						1997						2000
		Annual Per						Annual Per						Annual Per						Annual Per
	Region	Capita Poverty	Magnitude	Incidence	Magnitude	Incidence		Capita Poverty	Magnitude	Incidence	Magnitude	Incidence		Capita Poverty	Magnitude	Incidence	Magnitude	Incidence		Capita Poverty	Magnitude	Incidence	Magnitude	Incidence
		Threshold  a	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor		Threshold  a	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor		Threshold  a	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor		Threshold  a	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor	of Poor
		(Pesos)	Families	Families(%)	Population	Population(%)		(Pesos)	Families	Families(%)	Population	Population(%)		(Pesos)	Families	Families(%)	Population	Population(%)		(Pesos)	Families	Families(%)	Population	Population(%)
	Philippines, Totals	7,302	4,780,865	39.9	28,119,758	45.3		8,885	4,531,170	35.5	27,274,205	40.6		11,319	4,511,151	31.8	26,768,532	36.8		13,823	5,139,565	33.7	30,850,192	39.4
	NCR	9,286	217,602	13.2	1,439,613	16.7		11,230	141,671	8.0	975,263	10.5		14,299	127,873	6.4	873,555	8.5		17,713	190,134	8.7	1,275,809	11.4
	CAR	8,332	111,030	48.8	674,718	55.4		10,853	122,942	51.0	746,562	56.4		12,836	110,142	42.5	677,955	50.1		15,528	100,698	36.6	624,491	43.7
	Region I	8,060	325,145	48.4	1,928,391	55.3		10,022	338,327	47.9	1,971,779	53.6		11,975	294,081	37.8	1,769,743	44.1		14,749	299,983	37.1	1,797,150	43.6
	Region II	7,035	211,839	43.3	1,156,072	48.9		8,316	185,708	35.5	1,093,828	42.1		9,880	188,286	32.1	1,074,401	38.0		12,350	167,075	29.5	945,615	34.0
	Region III	8,173	371,817	31.1	2,239,856	35.5		9,757	321,212	25.2	2,046,167	29.2		11,839	221,145	15.4	1,388,292	18.5		14,639	282,891	18.6	1,779,815	22.9
	Region IV	8,075	612,213	37.9	3,579,228	43.2		9,537	514,527	29.7	3,058,537	34.9		12,452	497,858	25.7	2,916,524	30.0		15,261	576,385	25.3	3,523,612	31.0
	Region V	6,385	452,777	55.0	2,707,612	61.3		8,319	483,954	55.1	2,869,319	60.8		10,378	485,356	50.1	2,920,426	57.0		12,825	608,050	55.4	3,607,176	61.9
	Region VI	6,403	484,505	4.53	2,964,722	52.9		8,197	487,794	43.0	3,011,027	49.9		10,560	498,405	39.9	2,864,967	45.9		12,600	521,938	43.1	3,183,746	51.1
	Region VII	5,585	377,448	41.7	2,071,808	46.7		6,425	311,889	32.7	1,801,745	37.5		8,718	360,159	34.4	2,029,506	38.9		11,061	428,312	38.8	2,441,095	43.7
	Region VIII	5,138	264,096	40.1	1,532,526	47.1		6,444	262,859	37.9	1,563,152	44.8		8,727	306,788	40.8	1,797,693	48.5		10,783	320,975	43.6	1,867,499	51.1
	Region IX	6,351	238,022	49.7	1,347,962	54.4		7,074	227,259	44.7	1,360,155	50.6		9,732	223,219	40.1	1,307,762	45.5		10,997	281,483	46.6	1,654,775	53.0
	Region X	6,433	363,231	53.0	2,092,823	57.4		7,938	361,057	49.2	2,143,280	54.1		10,440	386,420	47.0	2,243,939	52.7		12,160	387,180	45.7	2,313,130	52.1
	Region XI	6,544	383,368	46.2	2,240,911	51.6		8,201	357,615	40.3	2,198,352	45.6		10,503	382,668	38.2	2,270,705	44.3		12,430	451,641	40.0	2,617,966	45.0
	Region XII	7,321	209,458	57.0	1,233,513	63.1		8,971	216,275	54.7	1,272,616	58.7		11,119	224,558	50.0	1,320,859	55.8		12,331	262,659	51.1	1,573,968	58.0
	ARMM	7,450	157,507	50.7	910,003	56.0		8,889	198,081	60.0	1,162,423	65.3		11,134	204,195	57.3	1,312,207	62.5		13,878	260,161	66.0	1,644,346	71.3
	a  The annual per capita income required or the amount to be spent to satisfy nutritional requirements (2,000 calories) and other
	basic needs.
	Source:  Technical Working Group on Income and Poverty Statistics, NSCB.