Demography • total # of households (2004) = 1, 628 • population (2004) = 8, 596 • population growth =2.66%/year • population density = 31.72persons/hectare • dependency structure – dependent population (under 15 and over 65) = 44.39 – productive age = 5.61% (4,532) • employment – government and non-government employees =7.99% of the productive age( 382) – the rest (92.01%/4,399) is engaged in farming and/or seasonal or contractual labor • skills – farming, stonewalling, masonry, carpentry, weaving Health and Nutrition Status • malnutrition rate - 2.55 in 2002 • Birth rate: 3.19%in 200; and 28.4% in the 1st qtr. of 2005 • Death rate: 6/1000 population • Leading causes of Morbidity – preventable diseases such as influenza, diarrhea, acute respiratory infections, typhoid, parasitism, etc) • Leading Causes of Death – pneumonia, CVA, stillbirths, accidents, and now, lifestyle diseases • Ambulant health services by 5 regular and 3 volunteer midwives and Barangay Health Workers Housing and Household Utilities • Most households are made of wood and G.I with few of cogon and some of concrete materials • Ave. household income • 98% of households are served with water but only at a level 2 access (shared with neighbors) • In the 1st qtr of 2005, 43.11% of households have sanitary toilets; with Bekigan having the highest percentage at 78.88%, and Saclit the lowest at 29.41% • Electricity now reached all the Barangays but supply is fluctuating and there are still some houses not energized Environment and Sanitation • 93% of the households have no proper waste disposal • There are no covered garbage bins in public places • Solid waste management program is still being designed but presently being constituted by the disposal by a dump truck of collected garbages and other wastes at a designated dumping place. This serves only the households concentrated along the provincial road in Poblacion • Open canals and drainage systems. • Most houses have no septic tanks and drains waste directly into creeks and open drainages Education • literacy rate - 62% • Level of educational attainment and cohort survival rate is very low which is attributed to: Inadequate facilities, learning materials and teachers; poverty; absence of learning center or public library, and conditions not conducive for learning • 2 pre-schools, 8 elementary schools, 2 national high schools with 1 annex, 7 NFE centers catering to out of school youth and adult students • # of classrooms (elementary school)= 43 (only 35 functional) • # of elementary teachers = 45 (ratio is 1:35) • # of high school teachers and ratio = • There are 11 pre-school with most of the teachers/workers working on voluntary basis Education • literacy rate - 62% • Level of educational attainment and cohort survival rate is very low which is attributed to: Inadequate facilities, learning materials and teachers; poverty; absence of learning center or public library, and conditions not conducive for learning • 2 pre-schools, 8 elementary schools, 2 national high schools with 1 annex, 7 NFE centers catering to out of school youth and adult students • # of classrooms (elementary school)= 43 (only 35 functional) • # of elementary teachers = 45 (ratio is 1:35) • # of high school teachers and ratio = • There are 11 pre-school with most of the teachers/workers working on voluntary basis