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Reference Number: SR 2021-06

Data on biths presented in this special release were obtained from the Office of the City/Municipality Registrars through out 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) 2021 of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Provincial Offices (POs) from the Cordillera Region. Information presented included births registered in 3rd quarter 2020. Figures presented herein are still preliminary and may differ in the final counts.

Number of registered live births  decreased

  • The number of registered live births in the Cordillera Administrative region for the 3rd quarter 2021 recorded a total of 7,807, a decrease of 1.5 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
  • The Province of Kalinga recorded the highest occurence of registered live births in the 3rd quarter 2021 with 1,551.
  • Followed by Benguet with 1,445 and Ifugao with 920 registered live births.
  • Apayao recorded the least number of live births among provinces with 690.
  • Provinces of Abra and Benguet posted decreased in registered live births from this quarter as opposed to the same quarter last year.
Quarter Abra Apayao Benguet Baguio City Ifugao Kalinga Mountain Province
3rd Quarter 2021 747 390 1,445 1,635 920 1,551 819
3rd Quarter 2020 872 677 1,664 1,668 813 1,288 705

Baguio City had the highest registered live births 

  • Among the cities/municipalities in the Region, Baguio City had the highest registerd live births with a total of 1,635.
  • Tabuk City, Kalinga followed with 906 registered live births.
  • There were 13 municipalities in the region that recorded the lowest registered live births ranging from 1 to 5. Of which, one municipality registered 5 biths, five registered four births, four registered 3 births, two registered 2 births and on registered 1 birth.

Figure 1 Municipalities with Least Registered Live Births,
July to September 2021

More male babies are born than female

  • Male babies recorded a total of 4,085 contributing 52.3 percent share to the total births in the region, while 3,722 females born in the 3rd quarter of 2021. This resulted to a sex reatio of 110 males per 100 females for the said quarter.

Figure 2. Number of Live Births by Sex: 2021

Physician most preferred Attendant at birth in the Region

  • There were a total of 7,807 registered live births that were attended by Health Practitioners, such as Physicians, Midwives, Nurse and hilot/unlicensed midwives.
  • Physicians topped the list of attendants at birth with 3,275 registered live births.
  • Midwives followed with 2,900 registered live births, hilot/unlicensed midwives with 1,534 while nurses attended to 98 registered live births.

Table 2. Number of Registered Live Births by Attendant at Birth: CAR,
July-September 2021

Province Total Physician Midwife Nurse Hilot/Unlicensed
Midwife
Total 7,807 3,275 2,900 98 1,534
Apayao 690 543 31 6 110
Abra 747 473 70 25 179
Benguet 3,080 721 2,050 7 292
Ifugao 92 451 234 28 207
Kalinga 1,551 498 465 24 564
Mt. Province 819 579 50 8 182

Live Births in the Region mostly to born to mothers aged 25-29

  • 6,813 or 78.3 percent of babies were born to mothers of the child bearing age of 15-49.
  • Nearly 25 out of every 100 babies in the Region were mostly born to mothers aged 25-29.
  • There were 608 babies born to teenage mothers nearly 8 percent of all births in CAR.
  • The Province of Kalinga registered the highest number of births to teenage mothers with 2 percent.
  • Almost 1 percent out of every 100 babies were born to mothers below 15 years old.

Table 3. Number of Registered Live Births by Age Bracket of Mothers: CAR,
July-September 2021

Province Age Bracket
Total <15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59
Total 6,821 6 608 1,581 1,897 1,558 867 280 22 1 1
Apayao 665 2 99 173 167 123 73 25 3 0 0
Abra 677 1 77 182 194 120 80 21 2 0 0
Benguet 1,319 0 90 306 367 332 162 58 4 0 0
Baguio City 1,624 0 209 302 333 271 157 76 3 0 0
Kalinga 1,241 1 124 302 333 271 157 45 7 0 1
Mt. Province 492 1 31 123 151 109 53 22 2 0 0
Ifugao 803 1 78 193 222 168 106 33 1 1 0