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Bontoc Registers 39 Teenage Mothers
Of the total registered births in Bontoc in 2022, 39 births or 5.08 percent of the total were teenage mothers. This figure was higher by 39.29 percent compared to the total teenage moms listed in this municipality during the previous year at 28 teenage mothers.
In addition, the youngest mother who gave birth in Bontoc this year was 13 years old. In 2021, the youngest mother registered in this municipality was 16 years old and in 2020, the youngest mom was 15 years old.
According to birth order, the youngest mom who bore her 2nd child in 2022 was 19 years old; for her 3rd child was 22 years old while the youngest woman who already bore her 5th child was 24 years old.
In 2021, the youngest who gave birth to her 2nd child and was registered in this municipality was 18 years old and the youngest who bore her 3rd child was 20 years old.
About Two in Every Ten Births in Mountain Province are Registered in Bontoc
The municipality of Bontoc registered a total of 767 births in 2022. It has 18.81 percent share to the total births listed in the province at 4,077 births.
The highest number of births was registered in August with 77 or 10.04 percent share to the total number of births registered in this municipality. This means that about 1 in every 10 births in Bontoc in 2022 was registered in August.
April has the least number of births at just 46 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 Bontoc in 2022 at 407 births. This was 13.06 percent higher than the female births at 360.
The difference of male births to their female counterparts during the month of November contributed to the higher number of male births in the municipality. There were 23 more males than females in November while there were 11 more girls than boys in October.
In the years 2019 and 2020, there were still more males than females that were registered in the municipality while there were more females than males born in Bontoc in 2021.
Almost 9 in Every 10 Births are Registered Timely
Of the 767 registered births in Bontoc in 2022, 664 births or 86.57 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 103 births.
By sex, late registration among females were higher than males. 87.71 percent of the total male births in the municipality were registered timely while 85.27 percent of all female births were registered timely.
About Four in Every Ten Births are Illegitimate
Of the 767 births registered in Bontoc in 2022, 291 births or 37.94 percent were illegitimate. This means that about 4 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. 40.05 percent of the male births were illegitimate. In comparison, 35.56 percent of all female births were also born to unmarried parents.
About One in Every Three Births is First Born Baby
According to birth order, 34.42 percent of the registered births in Bontoc during the year were first born children. This translates to about 1 in every 3 births in the municipality was first born baby. In addition, 25.81 percent were 2nd born and 20.34 percent were third born babies. The mother with the highest number of children who gave birth this year bore her 13th child.
About 9 in Every 10 Births are Attended by a Physician
Of the total births registered in the municipality, 90.61 percent were attended by physicians; 0.65 percent were attended by midwives; 0.91 percent were attended by hilot/ unlicensed midwives and the remaining percentage attended by others.
For male births, 92.38 percent were attended by physicians; while 5.65 percent were attended by others. For female births, 88.61 percent were attended by physicians while 10.28 percent were attended by others.
About Three in Every Ten Mothers Who Gave Birth are 25 to 29 Years Old
Of the total women who gave birth in this municipality in 2022, 28.68 percent were under the age group 25 to 29 years old. This was followed by age group 30 to 34 years old at 23.99 percent and age group 20 to 24 years old at 20.60 percent of the total.
According to single year, the highest number of mothers who gave birth this year was aged 25 years old at 242 births. This means that about 3 in every 10 women who gave in Bontoc in 2022 were aged 25 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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