Birth Statistics

In the year 2023, Romblon registered a total of 4,123 births, indicating an increase of 255 births (6.6 percent) compared to the 3,868 births reported during the previous year.

Odiongan registered the most number of births with 1,319 or 32.0 percent of the tta registered births in the province during the period. This means that about one in every three registered child were born in the municipality. It was followed by Romblon and Cajidiocan with 18.6 percent nd 10.6 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Ferrol has the least registered births with only 0.1 percent o the total registered births in the province (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Total Registered Births by Place of Occurrence, Romblon: 2023

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Table 1 shows the number of registered births in the province by place of occurrence and month in 2023. The month of September registered the highest number of births during the year with 408 or 9.9 percent of the total registered births for the year. It means that about one in every ten births happened during the month of September. It was followed by the months of December and January with 9.7 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the month May registered the least number of births with 292 or 7.1 percent.  

Table 1. Registered Births by Month and by Place of Occurrence, Romblon: 2023 More male babies born

Table 2 shows the distribution by municipality of occurrence, by sex, and sex ratio at birth of those registered births in 2023 in the province of Romblon. It shows that the sex ratio at birth in the province is at 107. This means that, on the average, there were 107 males registered for every 100 females in the province during the year 2023.  

With a minimum of 100 registered births, San Andres has the highest sex ratio at birth with 145. It was followed by Magdiwang with 129 and San Fernando with 114. The lowest sex ratio at birth was registered at San Jose with 96.

Sex ratio at birth is computed by dividing the total number of registered male babies by the total number of registered female babies and multiplied by 100 percent.

Table 2. Number of Registered Birth by Municipality of Occurrence, Sex, and Sex Ratio at Birth by Municipality: Romblon, 2023

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Most of the births are attended by health professionals

Of the 4,123 registered births in 2023, 4,027 or 97.7 percent were attended by health professionals while 95 or 2.3 percent were attended by traditional birth attendants.

Of the total births attended by traditional birth attendants, 37 or 38.9 percent were registered at the municipality of Cajidiocan. It was followed by Magdiwang and Santa Maria with 20.0 percent and 13.7 percent, respectively (Table 3).

Traditional birth attendants are persons who assist the mother during childbirth and initially acquired her skills by delivering babies herself or through apprenticeship to other traditional birth attendants.

Table 3.  Number of Registered Live Births by Attendant at Birth and by Place of Occurrence, Romblon: 2023

(SGD) ENGR. JOHNNY F. SOLIS 
Chief Statistical Specialist 

Explanatory Note

The data on the number of births 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 Romblon and subsequently submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Romblon Provincial Statistical Office.  The information presented includes the vital events that occurred in the year 2023 based on the data files received by the PSA – Civil Registration Services (CRS) and has undergone initial processing in the provincial office. The figures presented herein are still preliminary and may differ from the final official count.

Technical Notes

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.