Birth Statistics

Oriental Mindoro recorded a total of 2,645 registered births in the second quarter of 2023 which is about 94 births lower (-3.43%) than the reported 2,739 births during the same period in 2022. Likewise, the registered births in the second quarter of 2023 declined by 19.34 percent compared to the 3,279 births in the third quarter of 2022. 

The month of May had the highest number of births in Oriental Mindoro during the reference period, totaling 901. April and June followed with 881 and 863 registered births, respectively. 

Marriage Statistics

During the second quarter of 2023, there was a significant decline of 24.63 percent (431 marriages) in the 1,288 recorded unions when compared with the 1,709 registered marriages in the same quarter in 2022. 

The month of June stood out with the highest number of marriages during the second quarter of 2023, totaling 557. Further, May and April recorded 462 and 269 registered marriages, respectively. 

Death Statistics

There was an increase in the number of deaths during the second quarter of 2023, with a total of 1,470 deaths recorded in the province. The number of deaths that occurred in the same quarter of the previous year was 1,298, lower by 172 registered deaths compared with the data in the second quarter of 2023. 

The month of April reported the highest number of deaths in the province in the second quarter of 2023, reaching 513. June and May followed with 459 and 498 registered deaths, respectively. 

Explanatory Note 

The data on the number of births, marriages, and deaths presented in this quarterly special release were obtained from the vital events registered, either timely or belatedly at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrar throughout the province of Oriental Mindoro and subsequently submitted to the Office of the Civil RegistrarGeneral through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office (PSO).  The information presented includes the vital events that occurred in the 2nd Quarter 2022, 3rd Quarter of 2022, and 2nd Quarter 2023 based on the data files received by the PSA – Civil Registration Services (CRS) and has undergone initial processing as of 31 October2023).  The figures presented herein are still provisional and may differ from the final count.  

Live births shall be reported for registration to C/MCR not later than thirty (30) days from the date of birth. 

Death or fetal death shall be reported to LHO within forty-eight (48) hours from the time of death and the LHO shall direct or cause the registration to the C/MCR not later than thirty (30) days from date of death. 

Marriages that require the issuance of marriages license shall be reported to C/MCR for registration not later than fifteen (15) days from date of marriage. However, marriages that do not require a license such as marriage at the point of death (Article 27); marriages in remote places (Article 28); marriages between members of ethnic cultural community (Article 33); and marriages between men and women who have lived together for at least five (5) years (Article 34), shall be reported not later than thirty (30) day after date of marriage. 

Any report made to the LCROs beyond the reglementary period are considered late and can be entered only in the civil register after the informant complies with the requirements for delayed registration. 

DEFINITION OF TERMS 

Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breaths or shows any other evidence of life. 

Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. 

Death is the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place.