Social Services

HEALTH INDICATORS *

Crude Birth Rate

18.76

Crude Death Rate

4.45

Infant Mortality Rate

8.30

Under Five Mortality Rate

3.56

Maternal Mortality Rate

0.63

Immunization Rate (9-11 mos.)

87.5

Tuberculosis Cases (DOTS)

- Detection Rate (%)

70.6

- Cure Rate (%)

91

NUTRITION ***

Malnutrition Rate

- Pre-school Children (0-71 months)

4.91

- School Children (2009)

15.60

FAMILY PLANNING

Monitored Married Women of Reproductive Age (MWRA)

263,012

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (%)

57

- Modern (%)

46

- Traditional (%)

11

HEALTH/SOCIAL SERVICE FACILITIES

Number of Hospitals

59

-

Government **

17

-

Private

42

Hospital Bed Capacity

1,995

-

Government

830

-

Private

1,157

Rural Health Unit/Center

68

Barangay Health Station

443

Day Care Center

1,226

LGU-Operated Dialysis Center

1

-  with 14 units dialysis machine

PHILHEALTH ENROLLMENT (TOTAL FAMILIES)

Provincial Government

170,537

Congressman

19,056

LGUs

47,240

NGOs

12,177

Legend:

* Excluding Dagupan City

** includes two (2) LGU-operated hospitals and one (1) DOH hospital

*** Excluding all cities

DOTS – Directly Observed Treatment Short Course

Source : PHO, PPO, Nutrition Office, PSWDO, DOH  La Union

EDUCATION INDICATORS

SY 2009-2010

Elementary*

Secondary*

Net Enrolment Ratio (NER)

84.90

62.98

Cohort Survival Rate

74.78

66.22

Transition Rate

98.89

96.68

Simple Drop-out Rate

0.42

4.97

Graduation Rate

99.09

92.36

Teacher Pupil/Student Ratio

1.31

1.35

Classroom Pupil/Student Ratio

1:31

1:47

Number of Schools

Elementary *

1,177

Secondary *

283

Tertiary **

59

Technical/ Vocational **

59

Total Enrollment

Elementary *

395,152

Secondary *

197,674

Tertiary **

81,045

Technical/ Vocational **

951

Number of Teachers

Elementary *

12,392

Secondary *

5,790

Number of Classroom

Elementary *

12,396

Secondary *

4,365

Legend :

* Public Schools only

**Public and Private Schools

Net Enrollment Ratio – the ratio between the enrollment in the school-age range to the  total population of that age range.

Cohort Survival Rate – the proportion of enrollees in the beginning grade or year who reach the final grade/ year at the end of the required number of years of study.

Transition Rate – the percentage of pupils who graduate from one level of education and move on to the next higher level (from primary to intermediate; from intermediate to secondary).

Simple Drop-Out Rate – the percentage of pupils/ students who don not finish a particular grade/ year level. It does not capture pupils/students who finish a grade/year level but do not enroll in the next grade/ year level the following school year.

Graduation Rate – the proportion of pupils/students who finished Grade VI/ Fourth Year in the present year to the number of pupils/students who enrolled in Grade VI/Fourth Year in the present year.