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DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010* 2007 2000
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 1,426,740 1,308,113 1,192,779
Single 665,871 619,930 580,334
Married 637,254 586,464 513,258
Widowed 72,295 68,362 59,438
Divorced/Separated 9,145 7,602 6,081
Common-Law/Live-in 39,035 22,546 24,505
Unknown/Not Stated 3,140 3,209 9,163
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2010* 2007 2000
Both sexes 171,774 155,529 134,738
Male 72,620 66,672 59,086
Female 99,154 88,857 75,652
Disabled persons by type of disability 2007 2000 1995
Total - 22,563 26,738
Total blindness - 1,081 1,133
Partial blindness - 1,784 2,392
Low vision - 6,022 5,835
Total deafness - 1,230 674
Partial deafness - 1,244 2,478
Hard of hearing - 1,274 861
Oral defect - 1,471 1,755
Loss of one or both arms/hands - 728 527
Loss of one or both legs/feet - 1,327 334
Quadriplegic - 1,612 -
Mentally retarded - 2,102 2,257
Mentally ill - 1,770 1,566
Multiple impairment - 918 -
Muteness - - 851
Deafness/Muteness - - -
Others 6,075
With at least one type of functional disability 2010* Both sexes Male Female
(Household population five years old and over) 42,542 19,756 22,786
Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses 22,276 9,629 12,647
Difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid 10,636 4,666 5,970
Difficulty in walking or climbing steps 13,792 6,651 7,141
Difficulty in remembering or concentrating 9,419 4,028 5,391
Difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing) 6,675 3,067 3,608
Difficulty in communicating 7,747 3,937 3,810
Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2010* 2007 2000
Both sexes 1,617,101 1,501,726 1,381,118
No grade completed 42,784 81,999 64,473
Pre-school 59,339 45,143 41,906
Elementary 577,111 566,340 600,863
1st-4th Grade - 269,397 295,461
5th-6th Grade - 82,362 305,402
Graduate - 214,581 -
High school 509,874 468,022 383,077
Undergraduate - 209,742 216,569
Graduate - 258,180 166,508
Post-secondary 104,613 87,290 95,944
Undergraduate - 10,565 43,119
Graduate - 76,725 52,825
College undergraduate 126,642 97,151 105,398
Academic degree holder 178,157 141,559 54,640
Post-baccalaureate 4,093 1,862 9,471
Not stated 14,488 12,360 25,346
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010* 2007 2000
Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 48,170 42,285 28,703
No grade completed 51 21 177
Pre-school 2 5 15
Elementary 1,333 957 2,982
1st-4th Grade 419 257 1,124
5th-6th Grade 3241 126 -
5th-7th Grade - - 1,858
Graduate 590 574 -
High school 6,718 6,385 5,075
Undergraduate 1,050 789 1,786
Graduate 5,668 5,596 3,289
Post-secondary 8,823 8,447 11,294
Undergraduate 502 634 3,757
Graduate 8,321 7,813 7,537
College undergraduate 4,723 3,464 4,032
Academic degree holder 26,177 22,385 4,207
Post-baccalaureate 190 54 496
Not stated 153 567 425
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2005 2004 2003
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 37,883 39,284 36,960
Male 19,910 20,332 19,419
Female 17,973 18,952 17,541
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 13,492 15,001 13,872
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 14,203 13,256 13,322
Male 8,019 7,603 7,680
Female 6,184 5,653 5,642
2010-2015 2005-2010 2000-2005
Crude birtha (per thousand population) 23.87 25.32 26.33
Crude deatha (per thousand population) 6.00 6.35 6.87
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 17.87 18.97 19.46
Total fertility ratea (number of children per woman) 3.05 3.27 3.51
Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)
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