Data on biths presented in this special release were obtained from the Office of the City/Municipality Registrars through out the region and submitted to the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PSA-RSSO CAR) through the Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS) 2021 of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Provincial Offices (POs) from the Cordillera Region. Information presented included births registered in 3^rd quarter 2020. Figures presented herein are still preliminary and may differ in the final counts.

Number of registered live births  decreased

• The number of registered live births in the Cordillera Administrative region for the 3rd quarter 2021 recorded a total of 7,807, a decrease of 1.5 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
• The Province of Kalinga recorded the highest occurence of registered live births in the 3rd quarter 2021 with 1,551.
• Followed by Benguet with 1,445 and Ifugao with 920 registered live births.
• Apayao recorded the least number of live births among provinces with 690.
• Provinces of Abra and Benguet posted decreased in registered live births from this quarter as opposed to the same quarter last year.

Baguio City had the highest registered live births 

• Among the cities/municipalities in the Region, Baguio City had the highest registerd live births with a total of 1,635.
• Tabuk City, Kalinga followed with 906 registered live births.
• There were 13 municipalities in the region that recorded the lowest registered live births ranging from 1 to 5. Of which, one municipality registered 5 biths, five registered four births, four registered 3 births, two registered 2 births and on registered 1 birth.

Figure 1 Municipalities with Least Registered Live Births,
July to September 2021

More male babies are born than female

• Male babies recorded a total of 4,085 contributing 52.3 percent share to the total births in the region, while 3,722 females born in the 3^rd quarter of 2021. This resulted to a sex reatio of 110 males per 100 females for the said quarter.

Figure 2. Number of Live Births by Sex: 2021

Physician most preferred Attendant at birth in the Region

• There were a total of 7,807 registered live births that were attended by Health Practitioners, such as Physicians, Midwives, Nurse and hilot/unlicensed midwives.
• Physicians topped the list of attendants at birth with 3,275 registered live births.
• Midwives followed with 2,900 registered live births, hilot/unlicensed midwives with 1,534 while nurses attended to 98 registered live births.

Table 2. Number of Registered Live Births by Attendant at Birth: CAR,
July-September 2021

Live Births in the Region mostly to born to mothers aged 25-29

• 6,813 or 78.3 percent of babies were born to mothers of the child bearing age of 15-49.
• Nearly 25 out of every 100 babies in the Region were mostly born to mothers aged 25-29.
• There were 608 babies born to teenage mothers nearly 8 percent of all births in CAR.
• The Province of Kalinga registered the highest number of births to teenage mothers with 2 percent.
• Almost 1 percent out of every 100 babies were born to mothers below 15 years old.

Table 3. Number of Registered Live Births by Age Bracket of Mothers: CAR,
July-September 2021