• Physical Characteristics
• Population and Size Distribution
• Urban-Rural Popualation
• Household Population Characteristics

• Literacy
• Family Income and Expenditure
• Labor Force and Employment
• Poverty Threshold and Incidence

• Social Development
• Education
• Health, Nutrition and Sanitation
• Protective Services

The province is bounded on the north by Iligan Bay and the Province of Misamis Oriental; the Province of Lanao del Sur and BukLanao del Norte is situated in Northern Mindanao along the northwest and southwest coast of the island it lies.  idnon and Zamboanga del Sur on the west.  On the southwest, Lanao del Norte faces Illana Bay and the Celebes Sea.

The province is administratively under Region 10.

The province links Western Mindanao to Eastern and Central Mindanao.  It is the land bridge of the Zamboanga Peninsula to the rest of Mindanao.  It also serves as the gateway to the cities of Pagadian, Tangub, Oroquieta and Ozamis and to Lanao del Sur via the Tukuran-Malabang and Tubod-Ganassi national highways.  It is accessible by land, water and air transportation.  

The province is comprised of 22 municipalities, namely: Bacolod, Balo-i, Baroy, Kapatagan, Kauswagan, Lala, Linamon, Magsaysay, Maigo, Matungao, Munai, Nunungan, Pantao Ragat, Pantar, Poona Piagapo, Salvador, Sapad, Sultan Naga Dimaporo (Karomatan), Tagoloan, Tangkal, and Tubod. It has 462 barangays. The municipality of Tubod is the capital town of the province. It has 2 Districts, (1st) Iligan City to the Municipality of Baroy and (2nd ) from Municipality of Balo-I to Sapad.

 

Physical Characteristics

Topography

• About 58% of area are with slopes greater than 18%

• About 22% (66,450.8 hectares) have high slopes (>50%)

• 41,347.93 hectares (13.62%) are plain (0-3%) largely found in Kapatagan Valley and potential for food production

• 14,427.85 hectares (4.63) are above 1,000m  above sea level, found in the municipalities of Nunungan, Tangkal and Munai and are delineated as protection zone

• Aggregated of elevations 100-300, 300-500 and 500-1,000m above sea level constitute 78%
  

Climate

• Temperature ranges from 24єC to 32.21єC and an average of 27.44єC

• Heavy rainfall with an annual value of 146.29 mm and an average monthly rainfall of 146.29 cm during the last 10 years

• Heavy rains occur in June to December with the highest in July with 214.95 mm

• Falls within the less frequent typhoon paths with zero chances of typhoon occurrences for the rest of the year

• Agro-climate is favorable to growing crops throughout the year
  

Soil Characteristics

• Largely fine loamy and fine loamy to clay

• Slightly acidic, acidic areas found in Lala, Nunungan and Poona Piagapo

• Generally well drained, with a few areas poorly drained
  

Physical Resources

• Within 87 watersheds, 11 are major ones (>10,000 hectares): Maranding, Liangan, Agus, Mandulog, Lipatan, Iligan River, Lianan, Iponan, Cagayan and Titunod Rivers

• bounded by three bays: Iligan, Panguil and Illana with a total coastline of 126.147 km.

• Has rich inland water bodies: 7 waterfalls, 6 springs, 4 lakes

 

 

Demographic Profile

Population and Size Distribution

Lanao del Norte is a small growing province in terms of its population.  In the CY 2000 census, the province registered a total of 473,062.  It increased by 32.279 persons over the 1995 figure representing an annual growth rate of 2.01.  

Lala is the most populated municipality accounting for 11.93% of the total population of the province.  Tubod, the provincial capital, ranked next to Lala with a population of 43,067 accounting for 9.10% of local provincial population.  In 2000, the number of households increased to 90.092 households with a total household population of 472,646.

Population Enumerated in Various Censuses  

Year	Population	Increase	Annual Geometric Growth Rate
1903 March 2	5,400	-	-
1918 December 31	15,850	10,450	7.04
1939 January 1	71,154	55,304	7.80
1948 October1	105,881	34,727	4.16
1960 February 15	212,170	106,289	6.30
1970 May 6	245,449	33,279	1.43
1975 May 1	262,456	17,007	1.35
1980 May 1	293,691	31,235	2.27
1990 May 1	387,524	93,833	2.81
1995 September 1	440,783	53,259	2.40
2000 May 1	473,062	32,279	2.01
Source: NSO 10

Provincial Population, 2000

Municipality	Total Population	% Share to Total	Household Population	Number of Households
Lanao del Norte	473,062	100	472,646	90,092
Bacolod	17,020	3.60	16,970	3,515
Baloi	38,534	8.15	38,472	6,804
Baroy	20,392	4.31	20,376	4,094
Kapatagan	42,783	9.04	42,783	8,343
Kauswagan	15,364	3.25	15,364	3,095
Kolambugan	24,180	5.11	24,180	4,823
Lala	56,447	11.93	56,434	10,872
Linamon	14,959	3.16	14,948	2,873
Magsaysay	11,218	2.37	11,218	2,170
Maigo	17,826	3.77	17,825	3,472
Matungao	9,266	1.96	9,266	1,656
Munai	15,972	3.38	15,972	3,033
Nunungan	12,205	2.58	12,205	2,470
Pantao Ragat	16,474	3.48	16,474	2,627
Pantar	12,826	2.71	11,704	2,025
Poona Piagapo	16,092	3.40	16,092	2,715
Salvador	17,055	3.61	16,951	3,403
Sapad	15,167	3.21	15,167	3,013
Sultan Naga Dimaporo	41,865	8.85	41,830	7,811
Tagoloan	8,233	1.74	8,211	1,482
Tangkal	6,117	1.29	6,117	896
Tubod	43,067	9.10	42,993	8,776
Source: NSO

 

Urban-Rural Population

Of the total 2000 population of the province, 20.21% are in urban areas.  In terms of number, the municipality of Lala has the biggest urban population, while five (5) municipalities have zero urban population.  These are the municipalities of Nunungan, Pantar, Poona-Piagapo, Tagoloan and Tangkal.  Percentage wise, Linamon has the biggest portion of urban households within the municipality.  

Urban-Rural Population Distribution, 2000 

Municipality	Total Population	Number		Percent Distribution
		Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Bacolod	17,020	4,837	12,183	28.40	71.58
Baloi	38,534	7,035	31,499	18.26	81.74
Baroy	20,392	2,919	17,473	14.31	85.69
Kapatagan	42,783	8,829	33,954	20.64	79.36
Kauswagan	15,364	3,874	11,490	25.21	74.79
Kolambugan	24,180	6,665	17,515	27.56	72.44
Lala	56,447	16,665	39,782	29.52	70.48
Linamon	14,959	6,257	8,702	41.83	58.17
Magsaysay	11,218	1,095	10,123	9.76	90.24
Maigo	17,826	2,803	15,023	15.72	84.28
Matungao	9,266	1,496	7,770	16.15	83.85
Munai	15,972	1,931	14,041	12.09	87.91
Nunungan	12,205	-	12,205	-	100.00
Pantao Ragat	16,474	1,481	14,993	8.99	91.01
Pantar	12,826	-	12,826	-	100.00
Poona Piagapo	16,092	-	16,092	-	100.00
Salvador	17,055	3,915	13,140	22.96	77.04
Sapad	15,167	4,085	11,082	26.93	73.07
Sultan Naga Dimaporo	41,865	8,521	33,344	20.35	79.65
Tagoloan	8,233	-	8,233	-	100.00
Tangkal	6,117	-	6,117	-	100.00
Tubod	43,067	13,204	29,863	30.66	69.34
Total	473,062	95,612	37,7450	20.21	79.79
Source: NSO

Household Population Characteristics

Total Population, Household Population by Sex and by Municipality

Municipality	Total Population			Household  Population
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Lanao del Norte	473,062	237866	235,196	472,646	237,553	235,093
Bacolod	17,020	8,615	8,405	16,970	8,569	8,401
Baloi	38,534	18,926	19,608	38,472	18,874	19,598
Baroy	20,392	10,372	10,020	20,376	10,364	10,012
Kapatagan	42,783	21,978	20,805	42,783	21,978	20,805
Kauswagan	15,364	7,851	7,513	15,351	7,843	7,508
Kolambugan	24,180	12,389	11,791	24,165	12,380	11,785
Lala	56,447	28,827	27,620	56,434	28,823	27,611
Linamon	14,959	7,593	7,366	14,948	7,590	7,358
Magsaysay	11,218	5,630	5,588	11,218	5,630	5,588
Maigo	17,826	9,098	8,728	17,825	9,098	8,727
Matungao	9,266	4,584	4,682	9,266	4,584	4,682
Munai	15,972	7,854	8,118	15,972	7,854	8,118
Nunungan	12,205	5,867	6,338	12,205	5,867	6,338
Pantao Ragat	16,474	7,770	8,704	16,474	7,770	8,704
Pantar	12,826	6,265	6,561	12,826	6,265	6,561
Poona Piagapo	16,092	7,858	8,234	16,092	7,858	8,234
Salvador	17,055	8,694	8,361	16,951	8,590	8,361
Sapad	15,167	7,611	7,556	15,167	7,611	7,556
Sultan Naga Dimaporo	41,865	20,896	20,969	41,830	20,863	20,967
Tagoloan	8,233	4,219	4,014	8,211	4,197	4,014
Tangkal	6,117	3,051	3,066	6,117	3,051	3,066
Tubod	43,067	21,918	21,149	42,993	21,894	21,099
Source: NSO 10

 

Literacy

Literacy Rate, 2002

Functional Literacy Rate			Simple Literacy Rate
Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
80.95	80.52	80.38	74.37	76.05	72.68
Source: NSCB-10

 

Family Income and Expenditure

The 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) estimated the annual average income of families in the province of P74,813.00 while the average expenditure yearly was at P56,207.00.  Majority of the families were within the P20,000 – P29,999 income bracket.  The least number one with 500,000 and over bracket.

The mean per capita income in the province was estimated at P16,772 while the mean expenditure was P12,882.

 

Labor Force and Employment

The province’s total population 15 years old and over totals 318,000 persons.  Some 211,000 of the total 15 years old and over and in the force are economically active represents labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 71.7%.  The province’s employment rate in October 2002 is 92.5% with visible underemployment of 19.2%.  

Most of the person’s employed during the October 2002 labor survey are into agriculture  which constitute 54.50% of total number of persons employed.  This is in contrast to year 2000 where the services sector gets the biggest share of persons employed. 

	Total 15 Years old and over	Labor Force Participation Rate	Employment Rate	Unemployment Rate	Visible Unemployment Rate
Lanao del Norte	318,000	71.7	92.5	7.5	19.2
Source: FIES, as of October 2002

 

	Total	Agriculture	Industry	Services
Lanao del Norte	211,000	115,000	15,000	81,000
Source: FIES, October 2002

 

Poverty Threshold and Incidence

The 2000 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) placed the poverty incidence in the province at 50.8% or a magnitude of 77,572 households.  This is a marked down over the 1997 FIES which placed poverty incidence of 45.2%.  These households are scattered throughout the province.  Most of these households are engaged in coastal fishing; rice, corn and coconut farming; livestock raising, ambulant vending, gathering of wood and other forest products; farm, industry or household work; or informal sector commerce and trade.

 

Social Development

Education

Simple Literacy

As of 2002, 95.26 percent of the population 10 years and over in Lanao del Norte are literate.  Only 4.98 percent are illiterate.  

Preschool

Because of the growing consciousness of the parents on the importance of preschool education, public preschool classes for children aging 5 years old were organized in different districts of Lanao del Norte.  As of school year 2003-2004, there are 53 and 13 public and private preschool classes, respectively.

Elementary Level

For SY 2003-2004, the division had a total of 77,487 enrollees for elementary education.  Of this number, 76,067 come from the public schools and 1,420 come from the private schools.

Public and Private Elementary School Enrolment by Grade Level and Sex, SY 2003-2004

Year Level	Number of Enrollees
	Public			Private
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
I	9,729	8,735	18,464	146	139	285
II	7,179	6,571	13,750	122	87	209
III	6,507	6,087	12,594	121	107	228
IV	5,649	5,704	11,353	123	109	232
V	5,030	5,523	10,553	126	115	241
VI	4,406	4,947	9,353	126	99	225
Total	38,500	37,567	76,067	764	656	1,420
Source: DepEd 10

Secondary Level

Enrolment in public and private secondary education is 20,072 and 6,971, respectively.  Major trend shows that the number of enrollees in secondary schools declines as they reach the fourth year.  This explains the wide disparity in the level of education.  Female students tend to persist in secondary education than male students.  Compared  to SY 2002-2003, SY 2003-2004 experienced an increase in the total number of public secondary enrollees whereas in private secondary there is a decrease in the total number of enrollees.  

Public and Private Secondary School Enrolment by Year level and Sex, SY 2003-2004

Year Level	Number of Enrollees
	Public			Private
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
First Year	3,236	3,140	6,376	1,034	995	2,029
Second Year	2,537	2,859	5,396	865	927	1,792
Third Year	2,156	2,607	4,763	896	891	1,787
Fourth Year	1,619	1,918	3,537	592	771	1,363
Total	9,548	10,524	20,072	3,387	3,584	6,971
Source: DepEd 10

Comparative Status of Enrolment in All Public Secondary Schools by Year level and Sex, SY 2002-2003 and 2003-2004

Year Level	2002-2003			2003-2004
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
First Year	3,286	3,269	6,555	3,236	3,140	6,376
Second Year	2,581	2,873	5,454	2,537	2,859	5,396
Third Year	1,829	2,195	4,024	2,156	2,607	4,763
Fourth Year	1,558	1,722	3,280	1,619	1,918	3,537
Total	9,254	10,059	19,313	9,548	10,524	20,072
Source: DepEd 10

Comparative Status of Enrolment in All Private Secondary Schools by Year level and Sex, SY 2002-2003 and 2003-2004

Year Level	2002-2003			2003-2004
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
First Year	1,069	1,116	2,185	1,034	995	2,029
Second Year	993	1,016	2,009	865	927	1,792
Third Year	701	845	1,546	896	891	1,787
Fourth Year	676	666	1,342	592	771	1,363
Total	3,439	3,643	7,082	3,387	3,584	6,971
Source: DepEd 10

 

Performance Indicators

Elementary Level

The division participation rate increased by only 1.16% from 94.05% in SY 2002-2003 to 95.15% in SY 2003-2004.  However, there is a decrease in cohort survival rate by 8.14% from 72.91% of SY 2002-2003 to 66.97% in SY 2003-2004.  It is also worthy to note that the dropout rate decreased by 7.04% from 1.99% of SY 2002-2003 to 1.85% of SY 2003-2004.  Graduation rate in the elementary level increased by 1.2% from 97.04% in SY 2002-2003 to 98.21% in SY 2003-2004.  

Secondary Level

For school year 2003-2004, the division participation rate in this level increased by 19.17% from 66.09% of SY 2002-2003 to 78.76% of SY 2003-2004 for public secondary schools.  The cohort survival rate also increased from 66.12% in SY 2002-2003 to 81.46% in SY 2003-2004. It is also noted that there was an increase in the dropout rate from 7.10% of SY 2002-2003 to 8.99% of SY 2003-2004. Graduation rates in public schools decreased.  

          Performance Indicators, Public Elementary and Secondary Education, SY 2002-2003 and SY 2003-2004

Indicators	2002-2003		2003-2004
	Elementary	Secondary	Elementary	Secondary
Participation Rate	94.05	66.09	95.15	78.76
Survival Rate	72.91	66.12	66.97	81.46
Transition Rate	88.77	87.27	85.70	88.46
Drop-out Rate	1.99	7.10	1.85	8.99
Promotion Rate	90.94	96.16	94.93	93.48
Graduation Rate	97.04	63.01	98.21	60.15
Completion Rate	46.18	86.11	53.20	84.45
Teacher-Pupil Ratio	1:34	1:39	1:33.44	1:40.28
Textbook-Pupil Ratio	1:4	1:3	1:3.23	1:25
Classroom-Pupil Ratio	1:32	1:54	1:32	1:55

 

Health, Nutrition and Sanitation

Vital Health Indices

The Provincial Health Office’s service facilities consists of a Provincial Hospital, 3 District Hospitals, 2 Municipal Hospitals and field health services complement – rural health units and barangay health stations.  The Provincial Health Office launched and put into action health programs that appropriately responded to the health needs of the people thus there was an improved state of basic health indicators.  

Crude birth rate per 1,000 population was placed at 20.88 in 2003 which is higher than the 2000 figure of 18.28.  Births in the municipalities are mostly attended by midwives.  Next to midwives, doctors are preferred over hilots or nurses.  Most births are attended at home than in the hospitals.

Crude death rate, on the other hand was 1.82 per 1,000 population in 2000 and 1.86 per 1,000 population in 2003.  There was a significant reduction of infant mortality rate from 6.36 per 1,000 livebirths in 2000 to 4.02 per 1,000 livebirths in 2003.  The registered maternal mortality rate was 0.65 per 1,000 livebirths in 2000 and 0.48 per 1,000 livebirths in 2003.  

Causes of Mortality

Pulmonary Tuberculosis  tops the list of leading causes of mortality for the past five years with a rate of 18.33 deaths per 100,000 population.  However, in 2003, it become the second top because Hypertension Vascular Disease leads with a rate of 25.27 deaths per 100,000 population.

Leading Causes of Mortality, Average for Five Years 1998-2002 and  2003  

Leading Causes of Mortality	Average for the Past 5 Years (1998-2002)		2003
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	96	18.33	80	15.27
Hypertension Vascular Disease	87	16.61	135	25.77
Pneumonia	78	14.89	68	12.98
Senility	77	14.70	-	-
Cancer	75	14.32	78	14.89
Heart Disease	56	10.69	32	6.11
Injuries	45	8.59	51	9.73
Coronary Artery disease	44	8.4	39	7.44
Diarrhea	38	7.25	29	5.53
Accident	37	7.06	56	10.69
Kidney Disease	-	-	34	6.49
Source: PHO, Lanao del Norte; Rate per 100,000 population

 

Infant Mortality

Pneumonia has been the top reported cause of child mortality within the past five years.  In 2003, however reports showed that pneumonia is still the leading cause of infant mortality with a rate of 1.35 death per 1,000 childbirths.  

Leading Causes of Infant Deaths, Average for Five Years 1998-2002 and  2003  

Leading Causes of Mortality	Average for the Past 5 Years (1998-2002)		2003
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Pneumonia	11	1.06	14	1.35
Sepsis Neonatorum	6	0.578	6	0.578
Diarrhea	5	0.482	4	0.385
Prematurity	5	0.482	6	0.578
Tetanus Neonaturom	2	0.193	-	-
Respiratory Distress Syndrome	2	0.193	2	0.193
Congenital Anomaly	2	0.193	3	0.289
Malnutrition	2	0.193	3	0.289
Meningitis	1	0.096	2	0.193
Hypoxia	1	0.096	2	0.193
Amoebiasis	-	-	2	0.193
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	-	-	-	-
Source: PHO, Lanao del Norte; Rate per 1,000 livebirths

 

Causes of Morbidity

In 2003, the leading causes of morbidity fell under preventive diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, diarrhea, urinary tract infection, upper respiratory tract infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, hypertension, scabies and measles.  

Family Planning

In 2003, some 23,467 people of reproductive ages were reported to be current users of various family planning contraceptive methods.  In addition, 11,754 new family planning program acceptors were noted.  Top three methods used for both current and new acceptors are pills, IUD and LAM.  This figure indicates the high level of acceptance of family planning.

          Number of women 15-49 Years Old Using Contraceptives, December 2000  

Method Used	Current User	New Acceptor	Total
Condom	1,682	1,256	2,938
Injection	1,964	1,247	3,211
IUD	5,625	659	6,284
LAM	3,182	5,115	11,479
Natural Family Planning	768	522	1,290
Pills	9,049	2,919	11,968
Male Sterilization	-	5	5
Female Sterilization	1,197	31	1,228
Total	23,467	11,754	35,221
Source: DOH 10

Nutrition

In 2003, 59,800 estimated number of children under 7 years old was weighed by the Provincial Health Office.  More than half of the children weighed were normal.  Overweight children constituted about 3.85 percent while it is worthy to note that total underweight children are only 35.98 per cent.

Of the total number of underweight children, 28.17 are mildly underweight, 6.79 per cent are moderately underweight and 1.02 are severely underweight.  

Nutritional Status, 2003

Nutritional Status	Number
Severely Underweight	610
Mildly Underweight	16,848
Moderately Underweight	4,061
Normal	35,977
Overweight	2,304
Source: NSCB, RSET 2004

Environmental Sanitation

Percentage of Household with Sanitary Type of Toilet Facilities 

As of  2003, only 20.42% (14,762) households have sanitary toilets while 79.58% (57,513) households have unsanitary toilets or no toilets at all.

Percentage of Household with Safe Main Source of Drinking Water

As of 2003,   50.88% (36,774) of the total number of households has access to safe source of drinking water.  Sources of drinking water include community water system and deep wells.  Only 49.12% have no access to safe drinking water system.  

Health Manpower

In 2003, there were 45 health physicians serving the province.  The number of public health nurses was placed at 82, while the midwives numbered 186.  Supporting these health personnel were a number of volunteer health worker called Barangay Health Workers (BHWs).  

 

Health Manpower

Health Personnel	Number
Physicians	45
Nurses	82
Midwife	186
Dentist	11
Medical Technologists	10
Sanitary Inspectors	20
Barangay Health Workers	1,088
Traditional Birth Attendants	317
Food and Drug Inspector	-
Dental Aid	12
Total	1,771
Source: PHO, Lanao del Norte

 

Protective Services

Crime Occurrences

From January 1 to January 31, 2002, the Provincial Police Office recorded a total crime volume of 347 indictable offenses showing an decrease of 103 cases compared to same period last year which registered 450 crime incidents.  This reflects an average monthly crime rate (AMCR) of 6.11 with a slight decrease compared to the same period last year of 7.90 AMCR.  Out of the total crime volume, 194 or 55.91% were classified as index crimes, while the remaining 153 or 44.08% are non-index crimes.  

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