Table 1. Health status indicators for the Philippines, 2001 and 2002.

Health status indicator	Year 2001	Year 2002
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Male	66.63	66.93
Female	71.88	72.18
Crude birth rate (per 1000 population)	26.24	25.7
Crude death rate (per 1000 population)	5.83	5.80
Total fertility rate (no. of children per woman)	Not available	3.23

Source: 1995 census-based national, regional and provincial projections, National Statistics Office.