The municipality of Tinoc has recorded a total of 51 live birth registrations for the second quarter of 2023. By which, it has lowered by 26.1% from the total registered live births for the first quarter.

By gender disaggregation, 58.8% were male and 41.2% were female.

For the total registered live births by month, the month of April recorded the most with 39.2% live births. It was followed by the month of June and May with 35.3% and 25.5% respectively.

BIRTH REGISTRATION

The municipality of Tinoc has recorded a total of 51 live birth registrations for the second quarter of 2023. By which, it has lowered by 26.1% from the total registered live births for the first quarter.

By gender disaggregation, 58.8% were male and 41.2% were female.

For the total registered live births by month, the month of April recorded the most with 39.2% live births. It was followed by the month of June and May with 35.3% and 25.5% respectively.

Table 1 illustrates the total registered live births by registration, that 72.5% were timely registered and 27.5% were late or delayed registrations. Timely registered births were higher by 23 than delayed registered births. The month of March recorded the highest timely registered births and the month of June recorded the highest for delayed registered births.

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

Figure 1 indicates the total of registered live births by legitimacy status that there were 82.4% legitimate babies and 17.6% were illegitimate babies. Legitimate babies were higher by 33. Most babies were born of wedlock.

By place type of birth, there were more babies born at the hospital with 68.6% than babies born at home with 31.4%.

MARRIAGE REGISTRATION

 For the second quarter of 2023, the municipality of Tinoc has a total of 19 registered marriages. It is lower by 26.4% from the total registered marriages during the first quarter.

For the total registered marriages by month, the month of June recorded the most with 42.1%. It was followed by the months of April and May with 36.8% and 21.1%, 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 the municipal mayor and/or judge had the highest registered marriages with 47.4%, followed by weddings officiated by other religious rites and weddings officiated by the Roman Catholic church with 42.1% and 10.5%, respectively. There was no occurrence of weddings solemnized by any tribal religion.

Figure 3 shows the total registered marriages by place type that among the place types for marriage, weddings held at the mayor’s office and/or court had the highest number of registered marriages both with 42.1%, followed by church wedding and home wedding with 36.8% and 21.1%, there were no occurrence of marriages in the barangay and/or any other places.

DEATH REGISTRATION

The municipality of Tinoc has accumulated a total of 16 registered deaths for the second quarter of 2023. It has an equal total number of registered deaths from the first quarter.

For the total registered deaths by month, the month of June recorded the most with 43.8% deaths. It was followed by the month of April and May with 31.3% and 25%, respectively. More so, by sex disaggregation, male registration was higher than female registrations.

Table 2 shows the total registered deaths by civil status wherein deaths with married status recorded the most with 75%, followed by widow/er status and single status both with 12.5%. 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, Tinoc:

2^nd Quarter 2023

For the total registered deaths by place type, deaths that occurred at home recorded the most with 87.5% while deaths that occurred at medical facilities recorded 12.5%.

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 Tinoc.

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