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Women in Vital Statistics, Oriental Mindoro: 2022 (First Issue)

Number of females born

In 2022, there were 6,182 babies born as females or 48.9 percent of the total babies born in Oriental Mindoro by usual residence of mother. For the year 2021, a total of 10,848 babies were born as female or 47.6 percent of the total babies born in the province by usual residence of mother. On the other hand, 6,472 males (51.1 percent) were born in 2022 and 5,679 males (52.3 percent) in 2021. There were 12,654 total live births registered in Oriental Mindoro in 2022 and 10,848 registered live births in 2021 by usual residence of mother.

In the province, City of Calapan registered the most number of births with 2,052 babies, with 981 female babies (47.8 percent). This figures also represents 15.9 percent share of the total female babies born in the province.

The second highest female births were recorded at the Municipality of Naujan with 622 or 48.2 percent of the 1,290 births registered. It was followed by the municipality of Pinamalayan with 1,177 total births, recording 602 female births or 51.1 percent of its total births.

On the other hand, municipality of Bongabong have registered equal number of female and male births at 594, each.

Four out of 15 City/Municipalities have registered higher female births than male births, these were the municipalities of Pinamalayan with 602 female births compared to 575 male births, Mansalay with 438 female births compared to 430 male births, and Bulalacao with 313 female births compared to 309 male births, and Socorro with 300 female births compeared to 249 male births.

Most number of female live births registered in October

For the year 2022, the most number of female live births occurred in the month of November with 681 in Oriental Mindoro. This was followed by the month of October with 621 female live births and September with 598 female live births.

There were seven city/municipalities in the province who also exhibited the same trend with the most number of female live births registered in the month of November. These were the municipalities of Baco with 33 female births, each, for the months of November and September, Bongabong with 73 female births, Bulalacao with 47 female births, Gloria with 38 female births, Mansalay with 57 female births, and Victoria with 45 female births. The City of Calapan also reported 111 female births in the month of November.

Legitimacy Status

Out of the 12,654 registered live births in 2022, 5,320 babies or 42.0 percent were born from wedded parents and 7,334 babies or 58.0 percent born out of wedlock. From the 5,320 marital babies, 2,707 were males (50.8 percent) and 2,613 were females (49.1 percent). On the other hand, 7,334 non-marital babies have sexes of 3,765 males (51.3 percent) and 3,569 females (48.7 percent).

(SGD) CHARLYN ROMERO-CANTOS, PhD
(Chief Administrative Officer)
Officer-in-Charge
Oriental Mindoro Provincial Statistical Office

TECHNICAL NOTES ON VITAL STATISTICS

INTRODUCTION

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

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all such events 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.

STRUCTURE \OF VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM

The production of vital statistics comprised of a system of operations in which the registration of vital events is an important component. The system begins with the registration followed by the processing and controlling of vital records and ends with the compilation and analysis of vital statistics.

Under Commonwealth Act (CA) 591, the Bureau of Census (now Philippine Statistics Authority) is mandated to generate general purpose statistics and to carry out and administer Act No. 3753.

Under the same law, the head of the PSA is also the Civil Registrar General (CRG) who directs and supervises the local civil registration activities in the country. The CRG in this regard is empowered to prepare and issue implementing rules and regulations on civil registration and to prepare and order printed the necessary forms for proper compliance.

The set-up of vital statistics system involves different entities and cuts across different departments and personalities.

For the registration of vital events, the Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs), which are the registration units in the country and headed by the City/Municipal Civil Registrars (C/MCRs), are under the Local Government Units (LGUs). The hospitals, clinics, rural health units and similar institutions including barangay secretaries, practicing physicians, midwives, nurses, traditional midwives, solemnizing officers from various religious sects and denomination are required to assist in the reporting of vital events for registration at the LCROs. The concerned parents, next of kin, contracting parties, a witness or the person who has full knowledge of the occurrence of the event are also required to report the event, in default of the first mentioned set of informants.

The processing and controlling of vital documents are done at the LCROs and at the PSA Provincial and Central Offices.

The compilation and analysis of vital statistics is taken cared of by the PSA Central Office under the Vital Statistics Division of the Civil Registration and Central Support Office.