Most Registered Births Occurred in September

• The number of registered live births from July to September 2022 in the Cordillera Administrative Region reached 9,488.
• In this quarter, the month of September had the highest registered live births with 39 in every 100 babies born.
• On the average, there were 103 babies born daily or four babies born every hour.

Figure 1. Number of Registered Live Births by Month: CAR

3^rd Quarter 2022

Registered Births Increased by 21.5 percent

• Among Provinces, Kalinga had the highest registered live births with 1,794, followed by Benguet at 1,468, Apayao at 1,168, Abra at 1,145, Mt Province at 1,056 and Ifugao having the least registered live births at 941.
• All provinces reported an increase in the number of live births that were registered when compared to the same quarter previous year. Apayao had the biggest percentage rise at 69.3 percent, followed by Abra with 53.3 percent, Mt Province with 28.9 percent, Kalinga at 15.7 percent, Ifugao at 2.3 percent and Benguet at 1.6 percent.
• Baguio City had the highest daily average registered live births with 21, Kalinga followed at 20 and Benguet with 16.  Ifugao had the lowest number of daily average registered live births at 10.

Table 1. Number and Daily Average of Registered Live Births: CAR

3^rd Quarter 2022 and 3^rd Quarter 2021

Almost 21 babies born daily in Baguio City

• Baguio City had the most recorded live births between the two cities of the Cordillera Administrative Region with 1,916,  Tabuk City in Kalinga had 1,309 births registered.
• La Trinidad, Benguet had 928 live births recorded in the third quarter of 2022, making it the municipality with the highest number of registered live births. Bangued, Abra came in second with 674, followed by Luna, Apayao with 650 births, Bauko, Mountain Province with 493 births, and  Lamut, Ifugao and Conner, Apayao with 323 and 234 births, respectively.

Figure 2: Cities/Municipalities with Most Registered Live Births: CAR

3^rd Quarter 2022

Least Registered Live Births in CAR was Recorded in Abra

• With only one live birth each, Pidigan and San Isidro in Abra had the fewest registered live births among the municipalities in CAR.

Figure 3: Municipalities with Least Registered Live Births: CAR

3^rd Quarter 2022

More Male Births in the Region

• In the 3^rd quarter of 2022, records showed that 3,584 male babies were born, accounting for 51.25 percent of all registered births in the Region, while 4,625 female babies were born. This data resulted to a sex ratio of 105 males for every 100 females.
• Ifugao posted sex ratio less than one hundred, this indicates that there were more females than males registered in the province.
• The sex ratio in the Province of Mt Province was 107, higher than the regional average. Following this were Abra, Apayao and Benguet which had the same sex ratio of 106, and Kalinga with 103.

Table 2: Number of Live Births by Sex and Sex Ratio: CAR

3^rd Quarter 2022