Republic of the Philippine Statistics Authority

Laguna

SPECIAL RELEASE VITAL STATISTICS REPORT: JUNE 2019

Births in (Preliminary Results)

Date of Release: 10 August 2019 Reference No. 2019-024

This report presents statistics on births that were registered in Laguna for the month of June, year 2019. 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 for the Figure 1. Number of Registered Live Births by month of June 2019 registered a total of City/Municipality in Laguna: June 2019 4,964. This showed an increase of 1.0 percent from 4,916 live births in June 2018. VICTORIA 18 20 14 11 This gave a daily average occurrence of CITY OF SANTA ROSA 303 281 165 babies or 7 babies every hour. There SANTA MARIA 17 13 were more male babies (2,557 or 51.5 SANTA CRUZ 376 340 percent) than female babies (2,407 or 48.5 CITY OF SAN PEDRO 174 172 SAN PABLO CITY 328 316 percent) during this period, resulting in a 6 5 sex ratio of birth of 106 males for every PILA 30 26 100 females. 6 4 13 11 City of Calamba had the highest recorded 14 7 number of registered live births at 864 12 14 28 27 which accounts for 17.4 percent of the 28 22 MALE total. This was followed by Santa Cruz with MAGDALENA 3 11 716 births and City of Biñan with 655 births FEMALE 10 8 or 14.4 and 13.2 percent, respectively. 14 8 27 23 On the other hand, municipalities of Liliw LOS BAÑOS 65 53 LILIW 3 5 and Alaminos had the lowest number of KALAYAAN 10 10 births with 8 and 9 registered births, 16 21 respectively. These showed 0.2 percent 11 6 each of the total live births for the month of 17 17 CITY OF CALAMBA 434 430 June 2019. CITY OF 186 162 CITY OF BIÑAN 341 314 Single babies born during the month BAY 49 65 constitute 99.0 percent by type of live ALAMINOS 4 5 births. Those who were born twins 0 200 400 600 800 1000 registered at 1.0 percent of the total births.

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TABLE 1. Number of Registered Live Births by Type of Birth in Laguna: June 2019

Type of Birth Both Sexes Single 4,915 Twins 49

Triplets or More 0

Not Stated 0

Total 4,964

Less than half of those born in June 2019 were legitimate (1,872 or 37.7 percent of the total). The illegitimate, on the other hand, comprised 3,092 live births or 62.3 percent.

Figure 2. Percentage of Registered Live Birth by Legitimacy Status in Laguna: June 2019

37.7% 62.3%

LEGITIMATE ILLEGITIMATE

In terms of attendant at birth, 2,567 or 51.7 percent of the live births were attended by physicians. It was followed by midwives with 1,541 live births or 31.0 percent. Services of traditional hilot comprised 16.4 percent with 814 live births.

Figure 3. Number of Registered Live Birth by Attendant at Birth in Laguna: June 2019

2,567 1,541 814 7 33 2

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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 June 2019. 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

This release contains statistical tables and graphs encompassing the vital event - births 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

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1. Number of Registered Live Births by Place of Occurrence and by Sex in Laguna: June 2019

NUMBER OF REGISTERED LIVE BIRTHS PLACE OF BIRTH BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE LAGUNA 4,964 2,557 2,407 ALAMINOS 9 4 5 BAY 114 49 65 CITY OF BIÑAN 655 341 314 CITY OF CABUYAO 348 186 162 CITY OF CALAMBA 864 434 430 CALAUAN 34 17 17 CAVINTI 17 11 6 FAMY 37 16 21 KALAYAAN 20 10 10 LILIW 8 3 5 LOS BAÑOS 118 65 53 LUISIANA 50 27 23 LUMBAN 22 14 8 MABITAC 18 10 8 MAGDALENA 14 3 11 MAJAYJAY 50 28 22 NAGCARLAN 55 28 27 PAETE 26 12 14 PAGSANJAN 21 14 7 PAKIL 24 13 11 PANGIL 10 6 4 PILA 56 30 26 RIZAL 11 6 5 SAN PABLO CITY 644 328 316 CITY OF SAN PEDRO 346 174 172 SANTA CRUZ 716 376 340 SANTA MARIA 30 17 13 CITY OF SANTA ROSA 584 303 281 SINILOAN 25 14 11 VICTORIA 38 18 20 Source: DVSS Tabulation

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TABLE 2. Number of Registered Live Births by Legitimacy Status and by Sex in Laguna: June 2019 LEGITIMACY STATUS BOTH SEXES

Legitimate 1,872 Illegitimate 3,092 Not Stated 0 Total 4,964 Source: DVSS Tabulation

TABLE 3. Number of Registered Live Births by Attendant at Birth and by Sex in Laguna: June 2019 ATTENDANT AT BIRTH BOTH SEXES

Physician 2,567 Nurse 33 Midwife 1,541 Hilot 814 Others 7 Not Stated 2 Total 4,964

Source: DVSS Tabulation

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