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Paracelis Registers 114 Teenage Mothers
Of the total registered births in Paracelis in 2022, 114 births or 16.47 percent of the total were teenage mothers. This figure was higher by 93.22 percent compared to the total teenage moms listed in this municipality during the previous year at 59 teenage mothers.
In addition, the youngest mother who gave birth in Paracelis this year was 14 years old. In 2021, the youngest mother registered in this municipality was another 14 years old and in 2020, the youngest mom was 13 years old.
According to birth order, the youngest mom who bore her 2nd child in 2022 was 16 years old; for her 3rd child was 17 years old while the youngest woman who already bore her 4th child was 20 years old.
In 2021, the youngest who gave birth to her 2nd child and was registered in this municipality was 16 years old and the youngest who bore her 3rd child was 18 years old.
About Two in Every Ten Births in Mountain Province are Registered in Paracelis
The municipality of Paracelis registered a total of 692 births in 2022. It has 16.97 percent share to the total births listed in the province at 4,077 births.
The highest number of births was registered in August with 93 or 13.44 percent share to the total number of births registered in this municipality. This means that about 1 in every 10 births in Paracelis in 2022 was registered in August.
April has the least number of births at just 28 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 Paracelis in 2022 at 347 births. This was 0.58 percent higher than the female births at 345.
The difference of male births to their female counterparts during the month of April contributed to the higher number of male births in the municipality. There were 12 more males than females in April while there were 13 more girls than boys in July.
In the years 2019 and 2021, there were still more males than females that were registered in the municipality while there were more females than males born in Paracelis in 2020.
About 6 in Every 10 Births are Registered Late
Of the 692 registered births in Paracelis in 2022, 400 births or 57.80 percent were registered late. This means that about 6 in every 10 births in the municipality were registered late. The number of timely registrations were at 292 births.
By sex, late registration among females were higher than males. 57.64 percent of the total male births in the municipality were registered late while 57.97 percent of all female births were registered late.
About Five in Every Ten Female Births are Illegitimate
Of the 692 births registered in Paracelis in 2022, 315 births or 45.52 percent were illegitimate. This means that about 46 in every 100 babies registered in the municipality in 2022 were born out of wedlock.
Categorizing by sex, illegitimate births were slightly higher among female than male babies. 44.09 percent of the male births were illegitimate. In comparison, 46.96 percent of all female births were also born to unmarried parents.
About One in Every Four Births is First Born Baby
According to birth order, 25.72 percent of the registered births in Paracelis during the year were first born children. This translates to about 1 in every 4 births in the municipality was first born baby. In addition, 23.99 percent were 2nd born and 17.63 percent were third born babies. The mother with the highest number of children who gave birth this year bore her 12th child.
About Three in Every Ten Births are Attended by a Physician
Of the total births registered in the municipality, 29.19 percent were attended by physicians; 6.21 percent were attended by midwives; 3.03 percent were attended by hilot/ unlicensed midwives; 0.87 were attended by nurses and 60.69 percent were attended by others.
For male births, 30.55 percent were attended by physicians; while 59.37 percent were attended by others. For female births, 27.83 percent were attended by physicians while 62.03 percent were attended by others.
About Two in Every Ten Mothers Who Gave Birth are 20 to 24 Years Old
Of the total women who gave birth in this municipality in 2022, 22.69 percent were under the age group 20 to 24 years old. This was followed by age group 25 to 29 years old at 20.09 percent and age group 30 to 34 years old at 16.91 percent of the total.
According to single year, the highest number of mothers who gave birth this year was aged 18 and 25 years old at 43 births each. This means that about 6 in every 100 women who gave in Paracelis in 2022 were aged 18 and 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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