2020 CIVIL REGISTRATION IN CAR

Release Date:
Reference Number: SR 2021-02

Data on civil registry documents presented in this special release were obtained from the Office of the City/Municipal Registrars throughout the region and submitted to the Philippine Statistics Authority - Regional Statistical Services Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PSA-RSSO CAR) through the Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS) 2020 of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Provincial Offices (POs) from the Cordillera region. Information presented includes births, marriages and deaths that occurred from January 2020 until December 2020. Figures presented herein are still preliminary and may differ in the final counts.

2020 Civil Registration in CAR drop at 22.46 percent

Civil Registry includes Certificate of Live Birth, Certificate of Marriage, and Certificate of Death.
 
The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is composed of 6 provinces and 2 cities. These are Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Baguio City, Ifugao, Kalinga with component city of Tabuk, and Mountain Province.
 
Figure 1. Daily Average Birth, Marriage and Death in Cordillera Year 2020
 
  • Cordillera registered 30,896 births in 2020, a 21.47 percent drop or 8,445 births lower from the 39,341 registered births the previous year. Marriages in 2020 decreased by 39.9 percent as lockdowns and quarantine health protocols are imposed. Registered deaths also dropped by 10.3 percent from 2019, going lower from 9,818 to 8,807 in 2020.
Figure 2. 2020 Civil Registration in Cordillera by Province
 
 
  1. Birth Registrations

Table 1. Breakdown of Registered Birth per Province and Month for the Year 2020

City/Province Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Abra 375 299 162 86 219 249 259 234 379 345 320 299 3226
Apayao 446 307 247 171 181 117 174 222 289 284 248 241 2927
Baguio City 984 714 767 482 578 576 621 478 569 626 561 600 7556
Benguet 687 565 373 291 341 423 578 462 624 564 431 499 5838
Ifugao 350 308 273 182 202 249 259 257 297 284 259 283 3203
Kalinga 604 474 390 217 287 347 437 377 474 409 499 417 4932
Mt. Province 409 329 280 250 231 219 216 193 299 282 280 226 3214
Total 3855 2996 2492 1679 2039 2180 2544 2223 2931 2794 2598 2565 30896

Figure 3. Total Registered Birth documents for the Year 2020 by Month

Birth registration in CAR registered 30,896 births in 2020

  • The highest number of registered births was recorded during the month of January with an average of 124 babies born daily while April had the least number of births registered with a daily average of 54 births.
  • For the 366 days of the year 2020 including the leap day of February 29, 2020 an average of 84 babies are born daily. This is 23 babies lower from the 2019 average of 107 babies born daily.
  • All months showed a decline on recorded births from its previous records with April recording the largest drop at 48.61 percent.

Figure 4. Total Registered Birth for the Year 2020 by Province

Baguio City had the biggest decrease in recorded births

  • Among the City of Baguio and provinces in the region, Baguio City registered the biggest decline at 31.07 percent compared to its record in 2019, while Benguet recorded the smallest decline at 8.7 percent.
  • On the other hand, Apayao registered the least number of births followed by Ifugao, Mt. Province and Abra.

 

  1. Marriage Registrations

Table 2. Breakdown of Registered Marriage per Province and Month 2020

City/Province Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Abra 244 97 34 3 16 23 27 13 34 29 22 42 584
Apayao 71 71 9 0 8 4 16 11 28 19 13 35 284
Baguio City 328 208 62 22 26 54 69 49 66 78 54 135 1162
Benguet 368 132 121 8 17 96 154 139 146 136 70 215 1602
Ifugao 105 109 142 2 9 33 48 51 37 52 30 91 709
Kalinga 128 55 51 1 7 35 40 43 43 44 25 55 527
Mt. Province 94 44 94 3 9 67 37 41 36 82 26 56 589
Total 1338 716 513 39 92 323 391 347 390 439 240 629 5457

 

Figure 5. Total Registered Marriage by Province for the Year 2020

2020 Marriage in CAR decreased 39.90 percent

  • There were 5,457 marriages registered in 2020 with a decrease of 3,623 from the previous year’s registered figure of 9,080.
  • All the povinces and city registered a decrease in the number of marriages in 2020. The biggest decrease was recorded in the Province of Kalinga from 1,183 to 527, a 55.45 percent decline.

Figure 6. Total Registered Marriage for the Year 2020 by Month

Marriage declined starting from the month of March to December

  • On March 17, 2020 to May 31, 2020 an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was imposed in Luzon to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The succeeding months also followed different levels of quarantine health protocols depending on the infection rate in a particular area. The least registered daily average record of marriage was in April with 1 average marriage followed by May with 3 daily average of marriages in the entire cordillera.
  • Month with the highest number of average recorded marriages per day was recorded in same month the previous year, January with an average of 43 marriages per day.
  • On the other hand January registered 6.11 percent higher and 13.83 percent for the month of February.

 

  1. Death Registrations

Table 3. Breakdown of Registered Death per Province and Month 2020

City/Province Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Abra 165 117 107 118 147 126 129 123 165 123 125 130 1575
Apayao 91 60 28 32 51 52 37 61 74 38 52 62 638
Baguio City 302 231 181 121 156 222 154 178 176 164 179 207 2271
Benguet 194 159 108 94 158 177 188 135 173 161 148 177 1872
Ifugao 77 63 49 36 69 64 52 62 61 55 65 58 711
Kalinga 104 95 52 45 75 73 85 65 77 83 97 78 929
Mt. Province 89 72 75 65 60 63 61 67 56 37 77 89 811
Total 1022 797 600 511 716 777 706 691 782 661 743 801 8807

Death registration in CAR decline 10.30 percent in 2020

  • The number of registered deaths in the Cordilleras recorded a total of 8,807 deaths, 1,011 deaths lower from the 2019 record of 9,818 deaths.
  • All the povinces and city registered a decrease in the number of deaths except from the province of Benguet which recorded a 4.82 increase. The biggest decrease was recorded in the City of Baguio, registering a 24.22 percent decrease.

Figure 7. Total Death Registered for the Year 2020 by Month

  • The highest number of death was recorded on January, same as the previous year. Months with the largest recorded decline are March, April, July, October and November while February, June and December showed increases.
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