This special release presents statistics on vital events occurring for the second quarter of 2023 in the municipality of Asipulo, Ifugao. This publication shows the total registered birth, marriage, and death statistics by registration status, sex, legitimacy status, age, type of ceremony, and place type. The civil registry documents transmitted monthly by the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO)-Asipulo to Ifugao Provincial Statistical Office for machine processing served as the source of data in preparation of this special release.

BIRTH REGISTRATION

The municipality of Asipulo has recorded a total of 26 live birth registrations for the second quarter of 2023. By which, it is higher by 8.3% from the total registered live births for the first quarter.

By gender disaggregation, there was an equal total registration for male and female live births.

For the total registered live births by month, the month of April recorded the most with 42.3% live births. It was followed by the month of June and May with 30.8% and 26.9% respectively.

Table 1 illustrates the total registered live births by registration, that 84.6% were timely registered and 15.4% were late or delayed registrations. Timely registered births were higher by 18 than delayed registered births. The month of April recorded the highest timely and delayed registered births.

TABLE 1. Total Registered Live Births by Registration, Asipulo: 2^nd Quarter 2023

Figure 1 indicates the total of registered live births by legitimacy status that there were 76.9% legitimate babies and 23.1% were illegitimate babies. Legitimate babies were higher by 14. Most babies were born of wedlock.

By place type of birth, there were more babies born on medical facilities like hospitals, rural health units and/or birthing clinics with 84.6% than babies born at home with 15.4%.

MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

For the second quarter of 2023, the municipality of Asipulo has accumulated a total of 28 registered marriages. It was lower by 12.5% from the total registered marriages during the first quarter.

For the total registered marriages by month, the month of May recorded the most with 35.7%. It was followed by the months of April and May both with 32.1%, respectively. By registration status, all marriages were registered within the reglementary period of 30 days

Figure 2 presents the total registered marriages by place type of ceremony that among the types of ceremonies, wedding rites officiated by other religious rites had the highest registered marriages with 60.7%, followed by weddings officiated by the Roman Catholic church with 39.3%. There was no occurrence of weddings solemnized by the municipal mayor and/or judge and any tribal religion.

Figure 3 shows the total registered marriages by place type that among the place types for marriage, weddings held at the church had the highest number of registered marriages both with 53.6%, followed by home wedding and other specified venues with 42.9% and 3.5%. There was no occurrence of marriages at the mayor’s office and/or court nor the barangay.

DEATH REGISTRATION

The municipality of Asipulo has accumulated a total of 11 registered deaths for the second quarter of 2023. It was lower by 37.5% from first quarters total registered deaths.

For the total registered deaths by month, the month of April recorded the most with 54.5% deaths. It was followed by the month of June and May with 36.4% and 9.1%, respectively. More so, by sex disaggregation, female registration was higher than male registrations.

Table 2 shows the total registered deaths by civil status wherein deaths with widow/er status recorded the most with 45.5%, followed by single and married status both with 27.3%. Moreover, the table also shows that majority were registered within the reglementary period of 30 days.

TABLE 2. Total Registered Deaths by Civil and Registration status, Asipulo:

2^nd Quarter 2023

For the total registered deaths by place type, deaths that occurred at home recorded 100% of the total registered deaths for the second quarter. There were no occurrences of deaths in medical facilities and other specified places.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Vital Statistics are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register.

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and all such events that have something to do with an individual’s entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime. Recording of these events in the civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records.

Municipal Form No. 102 (Certification of Live Birth) is the prescribed form being used for the declaration of facts and circumstances surrounding the birth of a person for purpose of registration.

Municipal Form No. 103 (Certification of Death) is the prescribed form being used for the declaration of facts and circumstances surrounding the death of a person for purposes of registration.

Municipal Form No. 97 (Certification of Marriage) is used to record information pertaining to the marriage of the contracting parties. It contains information regarding the groom and the bride.

Live Birth is a complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the 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 or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered live born.

Marriage is contract of permanent union between man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

Death refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live births has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital function without capability of resuscitation).

Foetal death refers to death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception from its mother, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy.

Legitimate refers to a child conceived or born during a valid marriage of parents.

Illegitimate refers to a child conceived and born outside of a valid marriage of parents.

This release contains statistical tables and graphs encompassing the vital event – births, marriages & deaths occurring in the municipality of Asipulo.

Data on births, deaths and marriages presented in this release were obtained from the Certificate of Live Birth (Municipal Form 102), Certificate of Death (Municipal Form 103) and Certificate of Marriage (Municipal Form No. 97) that were registered at the Office of the Municipal Civil Registrars and forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority - Provincial Statistical Office in Ifugao. Information included births, deaths and marriages registered in April to June 2023.

DELANO C. BOLISLIS, JR.

Chief Statistical Specialist