Republic of the Philippine Statistics Authority SPECIAL RELEASE

VITAL STATISTICS REPORT: DECEMBER 2018 Births, Deaths, Marriages in Laguna (Preliminary Results)

Date of Release: February 14, 2019 Reference No. 2019-003 This report presents statistics on births, deaths and marriages that were registered in Laguna for the month of December, year 2018. The data presented herein were obtained from the documents submitted by the Local Civil Registrars to the PSA Provincial Office and then processed thru DVSS2K system. Caution must be employed in interpreting the data since the figures were not adjusted in consideration of under registration.

BIRTH STATISTICS

The number of live births accounted Figure 1. Number of Registered for the month of December 2018 registered a Live Births by City/Municipality total of 5,301. This showed a decreased of 4.4 in Laguna: December 2018 percent from 5,548 live births in December 2017. This gave a daily average occurrence of VICTORIA 20 25 11 7 171 babies or 7 babies every hour. There were CITY OF STA. ROSA 285267 more male babies (2719 or 51.3 percent) than SANTA MARIA 16 21 female babies (2,582 or 48.7 percent) during STA. CRUZ 457 432 SAN PEDRO 231219 this period, resulting in a sex ratio of birth of SAN PABLO CITY 297 279 105 males for every 100 females. 10 6 21 PILA 18 City of Calamba has the highest 1 2 33 29 recorded number of registered live births at 18 11 964 which accounts for 18.2 percent of the 1616 18 17 total. This was followed by Santa Cruz with 30 26 MALE 889 births and City of Biñan with 604 births or MAGDALENA 8 11 16.8 and 11.4 percent, respectively. 14 6 FEMALE 1210 6 9 On the other hand, Municipalities of LOS BAÑOS 73 77 Pangil and , had the lowest number of LILIW 3 4 KALAYAAN 13 8 births with 3 and 7 registered births. These 812 showed a 0.06 and 0.1 shares of the total live 1411 birth for the month of December 2018. 1321 CALAMBA CITY 487 477 CITY 192196 Single babies born during the month BIÑAN CITY 319 285 constitute 99.0 percent by type of live births. BAY 85 64 Those who were born twins registered at 1.0 ALAMINOS 11 13 percent of the total births. 0 500 1000 1500

Maharlika Highway, Brgy. Bagong Bayan, San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines 4000 Telefax No. (049) 562-9605/562-6401 email address: [email protected] Page 1 TABLE 1. Number of Registered Live Births by Type of Birth in Laguna: December 2018

Type of Birth Both Sexes Single 5,250 Twins 51 Triplets or More 0

Not Stated 0

Total 5,301

Less than half of those born in December 2018 were legitimate (1,878 or 35.4 percent of the total). The illegitimate, on the other hand, comprised 3,423 live births or 64.5 percent.

Figure 2. Percentage of Registered Live Birth by Legitimacy Status in Laguna: December 2018

35.4% 64.6%

LEGITIMATE ILLEGITIMATE

In terms of attendant at birth, 2,877 or 54.3 percent of the live births were attended by physicians. It was followed by midwives with 1,621 live births or30.6 percent. Services of traditional hilot comprised 14.0 percent with 745 live births.

Figure 3. Number of Registered Live Birth by Attendant at Birth in Laguna: December 2018 2877

1621 745 36 14 8

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MARRIAGE STATISTICS

There were 1,445 recorded marriages for the month of December 2018. It increased by 1.8 from December 2017 of 1,419 marriages. On the average, 47 marriages a day occurred in December 2018.

Among the cities/municipalities in Laguna, City of Biñan has the highest recorded number of marriages with 217 couples. It comprised 15.0 percent of the total marriages. It was followed by City of Calamba and San Pablo City with 205 (14.2 percent) and 139 (9.6 percent) marriages, respectively. On the other hand, Municipality of Pangil has the lowest number of marriage with 3 or 0.2 percent registered marriages.

Figure 4. Number of Registered Marriages by City/Municipality in Laguna: December 2018

VICTORIA 28 SINILOAN 12 CITY OF STA. ROSA 113 SANTA MARIA 6 STA. CRUZ 74 SAN PEDRO 115 SAN PABLO CITY 139 RIZAL 9 PILA 37 PANGIL 3 PAKIL 10 PAGSANJAN 11 PAETE 7 NAGCARLAN 19 MAJAYJAY 11 MAGDALENA 18 MABITAC 6 LUMBAN 23 LUISIANA 11 LOS BAÑOS 105 LILIW 12 KALAYAAN 6 FAMY 26 CAVINTI 8 CALAUAN 25 CALAMBA CITY 205 CABUYAO CITY 118 BIÑAN CITY 217 BAY 44 ALAMINOS 27

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By type of ceremony, marriages under civil rite showed the largest proportion with 632 or 43.7 percent of the total marriages in Laguna. Ranked second was marriages solemnized under Roman Catholic Church with 488 (or 33.8 percent). Marriages solemnized under other rites with 325 (or 22.4 percent). However, no marriage was officiated in Muslim and Tribal rites.

Figure 5. Number of Registered Marriages by type of Ceremony in Laguna: December 2018

632 488 325

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ROMAN CIVIL MUSLIM TRIBAL OTHERS CHURCH CEREMONY RITES

DEATH STATISTICS

The number of deaths in December 2018 reached a total of 1,355. This showed a decrease of 4.3 percent compared from December 2017 record of 1,417 deaths. There was a daily average of 44 deaths or about 2 persons died per hour during this period.

City of Calamba shows the highest number of registered deaths for the month of December 2018 with 185 or 13.6 percent of the total deaths in the province. It was followed by San Pablo City and City of Biñan with 171 deaths or 12.6 percent and 141 deaths or 10.4 percent. Municipalities of Rizal and Mabitac, on the other hand, had the lowest number of registered deaths posted at 2 and 5 persons registered during the month.

Figure 6. Number of Registered Death by City/municipality and by Sex in Laguna: December 2018

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Technical Notes

Vital statistics are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register.

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths. fetal deaths, marriages and all such events that have something to do with an individual’s entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime. Recording of these events in the civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records.

The reference period of this special release is whole month of December 2018.

Some significant concepts and definitions used are listed below. Some points are found in the summary measures used in describing the facts or events.

a. MARRIAGE - is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

b. LIVE BIRTH – is a complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breaths or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of the voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered live born.

c. DEATH – refers to a permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital function without capability of resuscitation).

d. BIRTH ORDER – refers to the numerical order of a child in relation to all previous deliveries of the mother.

e. DAILY AVERAGE – refers to the arithmetic mean of birth, death or marriage occurrences per day.

f. SEX RATIO – refers to the number of males per one hundred females.

g. PLACE OF OCCURRENCE – refers to the place where the vital event took place.

This release contains statistical tables and graphs encompassing the three vital events – marriages, births and deaths occurring in the province of Laguna. For interpretation of data, caution is necessary since information presented is not adjusted for under registration.

MAGDALENA T. SERQUEÑA Provincial Statistics Officer Laguna

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1. Number of Registered Live Births by Place of Occurrence and by Sex in Laguna: December 2018

NUMBER OF REGISTERED LIVE BIRTHS PLACE OF BIRTH BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE LAGUNA 5,301 2,719 2,582 ALAMINOS 24 11 13 BAY 149 85 64 BIÑAN CITY 604 319 285 CABUYAO CITY 388 192 196 CALAMBA CITY 964 487 477 CALAUAN 34 13 21 CAVINTI 25 14 11 FAMY 20 8 12 KALAYAAN 21 13 8 LILIW 7 3 4 LOS BAÑOS 150 73 77 LUISIANA 15 6 9 LUMBAN 22 12 10 MABITAC 20 14 6 MAGDALENA 19 8 11 MAJAYJAY 56 30 26 NAGCARLAN 35 18 17 PAETE 32 16 16 PAGSANJAN 29 18 11 PAKIL 62 33 29 PANGIL 3 1 2 PILA 39 18 21 RIZAL 16 10 6 SAN PABLO CITY 576 297 279 SAN PEDRO CITY 450 231 219 STA CRUZ 889 457 432 SANTA MARIA 37 16 21 CITY OF SANTA ROSA 552 285 267 SINILOAN 18 11 7 VICTORIA 45 20 25

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TABLE 2. Number of Registered Live Births by Legitimacy Status and by Sex in Laguna: December 2018

LEGITIMACY STATUS BOTH SEXES

Legitimate 1,878 Illegitimate 3,423 Not Stated 0 Total 5,301

TABLE 3. Number of Registered Live Births by Attendant at Birth and by Sex in Laguna: December 2018

ATTENDANT AT BIRTH BOTH SEXES

Physician 2,877 Nurse 36 Midwife 1,621 Hilot 745 Others 14 Not Stated 8 Total 5,301

TABLE 4. Number of Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony in Laguna: December 2018

NUMBER OF REGISTERED MARRIAGES

TYPE OF CEREMONY NUMBER OF COUPLES

Roman Catholic Church 488 Civil Ceremony 632 Muslim 0 Tribal 0 Others 325 Not Stated 0 Total 1,445

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TABLE 5. Number of Registered Marriages by Place of Occurrence in Laguna: December 2018

PLACE OF MARRIAGE TOTAL LAGUNA 1,445 ALAMINOS 27 BAY 44 BIÑAN CITY 217 CABUYAO CITY 118 CALAMBA CITY 205 CALAUAN 25 CAVINTI 8 FAMY 26 KALAYAAN 6 LILIW 12 LOS BAÑOS 105 LUISIANA 11 LUMBAN 23 MABITAC 6 MAGDALENA 18 MAJAYJAY 11 NAGCARLAN 19 PAETE 7 PAGSANJAN 11 PAKIL 10 PANGIL 3 PILA 37 RIZAL 9 SAN PABLO CITY 139 SAN PEDRO CITY 115 SANTA CRUZ 74 SANTA MARIA 6 CITY OF SANTA ROSA 113 SINILOAN 12 VICTORIA 28

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TABLE 6. Number of Registered Deaths by Place of Occurrence and by Sex in Laguna: December 2018

NUMBER OF REGISTERED DEATHS PLACE OF DEATH BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE ALAMINOS 16 10 6 BAY 27 20 7 BIÑAN CITY 141 87 54 CABUYAO CITY 90 55 35 CALAMBA CITY 185 108 77 CALAUAN 22 10 12 CAVINTI 6 3 3 FAMY 9 7 2 KALAYAAN 9 4 5 LILIW 15 4 11 LOS BAÑOS 70 48 22 LUISIANA 10 5 5 LUMBAN 10 6 4 MABITAC 5 4 1 MAGDALENA 6 4 2 MAJAYJAY 22 12 10 NAGCARLAN 27 17 10 PAETE 21 12 9 PAGSANJAN 19 16 3 PAKIL 13 9 4 PANGIL 11 5 6 PILA 13 8 5 RIZAL 2 0 2 SAN PABLO CITY 171 91 80 SAN PEDRO CITY 125 66 59 STA CRUZ 130 80 50 SANTA MARIA 9 6 3 CITY OF SANTA ROSA 139 81 58 SINILOAN 12 9 3 VICTORIA 20 9 11 Total 1,355 796 559

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