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23CAR44- 207
Besao Registers 12 Teenage Mothers
Of the total registered births in Besao in 2022, 12 births or 7.10 percent of the total were teenage mothers. This figure was the same compared to the total teenage moms listed in this municipality during the previous year.
In addition, the youngest mother who gave birth in Besao this year was 17 years old. In 2021, the youngest mother registered in this municipality was 15 years old and in 2020, the youngest mom was 16 years old.
According to birth order, the youngest mom who bore her 2nd child in 2022 was 20 years old; for her 3rd child was another 20 years old while the youngest woman who already bore her 4th child was 24 years old.
In 2021, the youngest who gave birth to her 2nd child and was registered in this municipality was 17 years old and the youngest who bore her 3rd child was 21 years old.
About Four in Every 100 Births in Mountain Province are Registered in Besao
The municipality of Besao registered a total of 169 births in 2022. It has 4.15 percent share to the total births listed in the province at 4,077 births.
The highest number of births was registered in March with 19 or 11.24 percent share to the total number of births registered in this municipality. This means that about 1 in every 10 births in Besao in 2022 was registered in March.
February has the least number of births at just 7 births.
Males Outnumbered Females in Terms of Registered Births
According to sex, it was noted that there were more males than females who were born in Besao in 2022 at 89 births. This was 11.25 percent higher than the female births at 80.
The difference of male births to their female counterparts during the month of March contributed to the higher number of male births in the municipality. There were 5 more males than females in March while there were 11 more girls than boys in January.
In the years 2019 and 2021, there were still more males than females that were registered
Almost 9 in Every 10 Births are Registered Timely
Of the 169 registered births in Besao in 2022, 147 births or 86.98 percent were registered timely. This means that about 9 in every 10 births in the municipality were registered timely. The number of late registrations were at 22 births.
By sex, late registration among females were higher than males. 87.64 percent of the total male births in the municipality were registered timely while 86.25 percent of all female births were registered timely.
About Three in Every Ten Births are Illegitimate
Of the 169 births registered in Besao in 2022, 45 births or 26.63 percent were illegitimate. This means that about 3 in every 10 babies registered in the municipality in 2022 were born out of wedlock.
Categorizing by sex, illegitimate births were slightly higher among male than female babies. 30.34 percent of the male births were illegitimate. In comparison, 22.50 percent of all female births were also born to unmarried parents.
About Three in Every Ten Births are First Born Babies
According to birth order, 26.63 percent of the registered births in Besao during the year were first born children. This translates to about 3 in every 10 births in the municipality were first born babies. In addition, 18.93 percent were 2nd born and 22.49 percent were third born babies. The mother with the highest number of children who gave birth this year bore her 12th child.
About 4 in Every 10 Births are Attended by a Physician
Of the total births registered in the municipality, 37.28 percent were attended by physicians; 30.18 percent were attended by nurses; 19.53 percent were attended by midwives and the remaining percentages were either attended by hilot/ unlicensed midwives or others.
For male births, 42.70 percent were attended by physicians; while 31.46 percent were attended by nurses. For female births, 31.25 percent were attended by physicians while 28.75 percent were attended by nurses.
About One in Every Four Mothers Who Gave Birth is 30 to 34 Years Old
Of the total women who gave birth in 2022, 23.67 percent were under the age group 30 to 34 years old. This was followed by age group 25 to 29 years old at 22.49 percent and age group 20 to 24 years old at 17.75 percent of the total.
According to single year, the highest number of mothers who gave birth this year was aged 31 years old at 14 births. This means that about 1 in every 10 women who gave in Besao in 2022 was aged 31 years old.
The oldest mother who bore a child this year was 49 years old.
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Live Birth - the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception from its mother, irrespective of the duration of 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 the umbilical cord has been cut off or the placenta is still attached.
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JERRY G. SANTOS
Chief Statistical Specialist
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