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

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all events such 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 register is known as vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records.

The total number of registered births in the province of Romblon for the 3rd Quarter of the year 2023 is 1,912. This is the result of the preliminary tabulation of data from the submissions of the local civil registry offices in the province. 

 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, DVSS 2023

Figure 1 shows that the municipality of Odiongan registered the most number of births with 510 or 26.7 percent of the total registered births for the province during the said quarter. The municipality of Romblon came in second with 273 or 14.3 percent while Looc ranked third with 234 or 12.2 percent. 

On the other hand, the municipalities of Banton and Ferrol recorded the least number of registered births during the quarter with five.  

Table 1 shows the distribution by municipality and month of registered births in the province of Romblon during the third quarter of 2023. In the said quarter, 604 births or 31.6 percent, 677 births or 35.4 percent, and 631 births or 33.0 percent, had been registered in the months of July, August and September 2023, respectively.    . 

Table 2, meanwhile, compares the total number of registered births in the third quarter 2023, second quarter of 2023, and third quarter of 2022. In the said table, the number of births in third quarter of 2023 decreased by 135 or by -6.6 percent compared to the total registered in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, it increased by 130 or 7.3 percent compared to the total registered births in the same quarter during the past year.

Almost half of the registered births are delayed registration

Out of the 1,912 registered births in the province during the third quarter of 2023, there were 943 or 49.3 percent that had been delayed registered. A certain birth is considered a delayed registration if it was registered after the reglementary period of thirty (30) days. 

Sex ratio by birth is 93

The computed sex ratio by birth of all registered births during the third quarter of 2023 is ninety three (93). It means that there were approximately 93 registered males in every one hundred registered females during the said period. 

Two in every five of the registered births are born illegitimate

About 49.2 percent (941) of the registered births during the third quarter of 2023 have status of illegitimate. A child is considered as illegitimate if it was born to parents not legally married during the time of the child’s birth.