Birth Statistics

In the 3rd Quarter of 2024, Romblon registered a total of 581 deaths, indicating an increase of 95 deaths (19.5%) compared to the 486 deaths reported during the same period in 2023. Meanwhile, there was an increase of 1.9 percent in the registered births in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the 570 recorded in the second quarter of 2024. 

The month of Augut 2024 emerged as the month with the highest number of deaths in Romblon during the reference period, totaling 202. It was followed by July and September with  200 and 179 registered deaths, respectively (Table 1).

Table 1. Registered Deaths by Month and Municipality: Romblon, 3rd Quarter 2024

In the past 12 months, the month of January 2024 registered the most number of registered births with 217, while the least number occurred in October 2023 and February 2023 with 165. 

Figure 3 shows the distribution of the number of deaths by municipality in the province of Romblon during the third quarter of 2024. The municipality of Odiongan topped with 181 registered births during the quarter or 31.2 percent of the total registered deaths in the province during the said quarter. It was followed by Romblon with 80 or 13.8 percent and Looc with 58 or 10.0 percent.

Meanwhile, the municipality of Calatraa registered the least number of deaths with only 3, comprising about 0.5 percent of the total registered deaths in the province during the quarter. 

(SGD) JOHNNY F. SOLIS  
Chief Statistical Specialist