This special release presents statistics on vital events occurring for the second quarter of 2023 in the municipality of Hingyon, 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)-Hingyon 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 Hingyon has recorded a total of 9 registered live births during the second quarter of 2023, lower by 18.2% from the total registered live births during the first quarter.

By gender disaggregation, there were more female registration (55.6%) than male registration (44.4%).

For the total registered live births by month, the month of June has the highest registrations taking 44.4% of the total registered live births. It was followed by the month May and April with 33.3% and 22.2%, respectively.

Table 1 illustrates the total registered live births by registration, that 33.3% were timely registered and 66.7% were late or delayed registrations. There were more delayed registrations than timely registrations.

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

Figure 1 indicates the total of registered live births by legitimacy status that there were 55.6% legitimate babies and 44.4% were illegitimate babies. Legitimate registration was only higher by one than illegitimate registration. Therefore, there were more babies born of wedlock.

By place type of birth, 100% of the total live birth registrations occurred at their respective homes. There was no record of birth on medical facilities.

MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

The municipality of Hingyon has recorded a total of 14 registered marriages for the second quarter of 2023. It is lower by 26.3% from the total registered marriages for the first quarter.

For the total registered marriages by month, the month of May recorded the highest with 50%. It was followed by the month of April and June with 35.7% and 14.3%, respectively. By registration status, all of the 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 the Roman Catholic church recorded the highest with 57.1% of the total registered marriages for the second quarter. It was followed by weddings officiated by other religious rites with 28.6% and weddings officiated by the municipal mayor and/or judge with 14.3%. There was no record of occurrence of any tribal marriages.

Figure 3 shows the total registered marriages by place type that among the place types for marriage, weddings held at the church recorded the highest taking 71.4% of the total registered marriages for in the municipality of Hingyon for the second quarter. It was followed by weddings held at home with 14.3%. The lowest record of registration were weddings held at the office of the municipal mayor and/or court and at other specified places both with 7.1%%. There were no occurrences of marriages that was held on barangay halls.

DEATH REGISTRATION

Death registration in the municipality of Hingyon has totaled to 8, higher by 46.7% from first quarters total registered deaths.

For the total registered deaths by month, the month of May recorded the most with 50% deaths. It was followed by the month of April and June with 37.5% and 12.5% More so, it also shows that by sex disaggregation, there was an equal registration for male and female deaths.

Table 2 shows the total registered deaths by civil status wherein deaths with single status were at 25%, married statuses were at 50% and widow/widowers with 25%. Moreover, almost all deaths were registered within the reglementary period of 30 days.

TABLE 2. Total Registered Deaths by Civil and Registration Status, Hingyon:

2^nd Quarter 2023

For the total registered deaths by place type, 100% of the total registered deaths occurred at their respective homes. There were no deaths registered at medical facilities.

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 Hingyon.

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