SPECIAL RELEASE

Oriental Mindoro Birth, Marriage, and Death Statistics for Third Quarter 2023
(Provisional, as of 29 February 2024)

Birth Statistics

Oriental Mindoro recorded a total of 3,128 registered births in the third quarter of 2023 which is about 151 births lower (-4.61%) than the reported 3,279 births during the same period in 2022. On the contrary, the registered births in the third quarter of 2023 increased by 13.01 percent compared to the 3,279 births in the third quarter of 2022.

The month of September had the highest number of births in Oriental Mindoro during the reference period, totaling 1,213. July and August followed with 959 and 956 registered births, respectively.

Marriage Statistics

During the third quarter of 2023, there was a significant decline of 45.69 percent (589 marriages) in the 700 recorded unions when compared with the 1,289 registered marriages in the second quarter of 2023.

The month of July stood out with the highest number of marriages during the third quarter of 2023, totaling 300. Further, September and August recorded 234 and 166 registered marriages, respectively.

Death Statistics

There was an increase in the number of deaths during the third quarter of 2023, with a total of 1,333 deaths recorded in the province. The number of deaths that occurred in the same quarter of the previous year was 1,466, lower by 133 registered deaths compared with the data in the third quarter of 2023.

The month of August reported the highest number of deaths in the province in the third quarter of 2023, reaching 479. July and September followed with 433 and 421 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 Registrar-General 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. 

(SGD) DONNA MARIE D. MOBE
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

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.