Registered Deaths in the Region decrease by 20 percent

• The Cordillera Administrative Region reported 2,521 deaths during the second quarter of 2022. From the 3,156 death incidence in 2021 same quarter, the figure demonstrates a reduction of 20 percent. Almost all provinces reported a decrease in the number of deaths reported during the second quarters of 2021 and 2022, with the exception of Abra and Apayao, which reported an increase of 3.2% and 5.3%, respectively.
• In this period, an average of  28 persons died daily or one person dying every hour in the Region.
• Benguet had the highest number of recorded deaths among the provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region, accounting for 552 total deaths or 21.9%.  Abra came in second with 417, followed by Kalinga with 290, Apayao, Ifugao and Mt Province registered the least with 220, 218 and 214, respectively.
• Baguio City, with 6 out 25 recorded deaths, has the second highest number of deaths registered.
• In comparison to the same time previous year, Baguio City reported 798 deaths.  Benguet came in  second with 728.  Apayao had the lowest registered deaths with 209  deaths or 6.6%.

Table 1. Number and Daily Average of Registered Deaths:

2^nd Quarter 2022 and 2^nd Quarter 2021

More Male Deaths than Female

• Registered deaths in the Region were mostly males which accounted for 1,460 or 57.91% of all deaths. The female death rate was 1,061 or 42.09%, giving a sex ratio of 125 male deaths for every 100 female deaths.
• Apayao posted the highest death ratio with 159, Kalinga ranked second with 157 and  followed by Benguet with 152. Baguio City had the lowest calculated sex ratio of 119 male deaths per 100 female deaths.

Table 2. Number and Percent Distribution of Deaths by Sex and by Province:

April  –  June 2022

Deaths Attended Mostly by Health Professionals

• There were 1,033 or 41% recorded deaths who were mostly medically attended. A death is considered medically attended if private physicians, public health officers, and hospital representatives  are present.
• 6 out of 25 registered deaths were not medically attended, while 35% or 873 deaths were attended by others.
• Across areas, Baguio City had the highest recorded deaths attended by Health Professionals with about 43% of registered deaths in the Region.
• Ifugao had the lowest health professional attended deaths among the provinces with 57 deaths.

Table 3. Number of Registered Deaths by Type of Attendant at Death:

April – June 2022

Almost 3 in every 10 Corpses disposed through Cremation

• During the second quarter of 2022, 97 in every 100 corpses in the Region were buried.
• Nearly 3 in every 10 corpses were disposed through cremation which is another option for corpse disposal.
• Baguio City had the most disposed corpses through burial reported at 9 out of 10 registered deaths.
• Abra and Baguio City recorded other means of corpse disposal aside from burial and cremation.
• 100% of deaths in Mt Province is through burial.

Table 4. Number of Registered Deaths by Corpse Disposal:

April - June 2022

8 in every 10 Male Deaths occurred at age 64-69

• There were more male deaths among age bracket 64-69 which accounted for 193 or 7.66% in the Region for this quarter. Females, on the other hand, accounted 127 or 5.03% for the same age group, which resulted in an age-specific sex ratio of 152 male deaths per 100 female deaths.
• Deaths among females ages nine and below is nearly twice higher than deaths among males ages 9 and below.
• The recorded highest registered deaths by age bracket for female is at age 82-87 with 141 or 5.6%.
• There were 46 female deaths or 1.8% among the ages 94 & above compared to 19 or nearly 1% for males with the same age group.

Figure 1. Number of Registered Deaths by Sex and Age Distribution:

April – June 2022