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1ST QUARTER 2022 VITAL STATISTICS

This special release presents statistics on vital events occurring for the 1st quarter of 2022 in the province of Ifugao. This publication shows the total registered birth, marriage, and death statistics by registration status, sex, legitimacy status, age, type of ceremony, and place type. The civil registry documents transmitted monthly by the Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs) to Provincial Statistical Office for machine processing served as the source of data in preparation of this special release.

B I  R  T  H   R E  G  I  S  T  R  A  T  I  O  N

Table 1 shows that the registered births for the 1st quarter of 2022 had a total of 1,089, of which 50.41% were males and 49.59% were females almost an equal number for both sexes. The municipality of Lagawe registered most of the birth with 27.09% from the total birth registration. High birth registrations were also recorded in the municipalities of Lamut and Alfonso Lista with 272 and 153 registered live births, respectively. Hingyon had the least number of registered live births with 7.

TABLE 1. Total Registered Live Births by Sex and by Municipality, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

Table 2 shows that 59.41% were timely registered and 40.59% were late registered. Timely registered births were higher by 205 compared to late registered births. Majority were registered within the reglementary period of 30 days. The municipality of Lamut had the highest percentage of timely registered births with 22.87% out of 272 total registered births, followed by Alfonso Lista with 13.31% out of 153 total registered births.

TABLE 2. Total Registered Live Births by Registration Status, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

Figure 1 shows that there were 26.08% illegitimate babies and 73.92% were legitimate babies. Legitimate babies were higher by 521. Most babies were born of wedlock.

FIGURE 1. Total Registered Live Births by Legitimacy Status, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

M A  R  R  I  A  G  E    R E  G  I  S  T  R  A  T  I  O  N

Table 3 shows that the highest number of registered marriages was recorded in the municipality of Lamut with 52, followed by the municipality of Alfonso Lista and Aguinaldo with 49 and 48 weddings, respectively. Hungduan had the least registered marriages with 14. A total of 348 marriages were registered in the province of Ifugao for the 1st quarter of 2022. No late registered marriages accounted for the 1st quarter out of the 11 municipalities.

TABLE 3. Total Registered Marriages by Registration Status and by Municipality, Ifugao: 1st  Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

Figure 2 shows that among the type of ceremonies, Civil Wedding rites had the highest registered marriages with 223, followed by other religious rites with 73. Roman Catholic Church had the least with fifty-two (52) reported marriages.

FIGURE 2. Total Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

D E  A  T  H   R  E  G  I  S  T  R  A  T  I  O  N

Table 4 shows that registered deaths for the 1st quarter of 2022 had a total of 231 of which 54.54% were male fatalities and 45.45% were female fatalities. Male deaths were higher by 105 compared to female deaths. The municipalities recorded more male deaths than female deaths were Kiangan, Lagawe, Lamut and Hingyon. The same number of male and female deaths were registered in Alfonso Lista. The municipality of Lamut had the highest number of reported deaths with 54, followed by Alfonso Lista with 48, and Aguinaldo with 26 registered deaths. Four municipalities with less than 10 registered deaths were Mayoyao with nine, Hingyon and Asipulo with both eight registered deaths and Hungduan with six registered deaths.

TABLE 4. Total Registered Deaths by Municipality, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

Source: Registered Vital Events of Ifugao,2022

Table 5 shows that majority were timely and 25 were late registered deaths. Timely registered deaths were higher by 181 compared to late registered deaths. No late registrations were reported in Mayoyao and Asipulo.

TABLE 5. Total Registered Deaths by Municipality and by Registration Status, Ifugao: 1st Quarter 2022

D E F I N I T I O N  O F    T E R M S

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, foetal 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.

Municipal Form No. 102 (Certification of Live Birth) is the prescribed form being used for the declaration of facts and circumstances surrounding the birth of a person for purpose of registration.

Municipal Form No. 103 (Certification of Death) is the prescribed form being used for the declaration of facts and circumstances surrounding the death of a person for purposes of registration.

Municipal Form No. 97 (Certification of Marriage) is used to record information pertaining to the marriage of the contracting parties. It contains information regarding the groom and the bride.

Live Birth is a complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such separation breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of 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.

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

Death refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live births has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital function without capability of resuscitation).

Foetal death refers to death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception from its mother, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy.

Legitimate refers to a child conceived or born during a valid marriage of parents.

Illigitimate refers to a child conceived and born outside of a valid marriage of parents.

This release contains statistical tables and graphs encompassing the vital event – births, marriages & deaths occurring in the province of Ifugao.

Data on births, deaths and marriages presented in this release were obtained from the Certificate of Live Birth (Municipal Form 102), Certificate of Death (Municipal Form 103) and Certificate of Marriage (Municipal Form No. 97) that were registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars and forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority - Provincial Statistical Office in Ifugao. Information included births, deaths and marriages registered in January to March 2022.