SPECIAL RELEASE

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

Birth Statistics

In the fourth quarter of 2023, Oriental Mindoro documented a total of 2,446 registered births, indicating a decrease of 1,381 births (-36.1%) compared to the 3,827 births reported during the same period in 2022. Similarly, there was a decline of 21.0 percent in the registered births in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the 3,098 births recorded in the first quarter of the same year.

The month of October emerged as the month with the highest number of births in Oriental Mindoro during the reference period, totaling 1,178. Following October, November and December reported 1,059 and 209 registered births, respectively.

Marriage Statistics

During the fourth quarter of 2023, there was a significant decline of 61.5 percent (570 marriages) in the 357 recorded unions when compared with the 927 registered marriages in the same quarter in 2022.

The month of October exhibited the highest number of marriages, totaling 258, while November recorded 99 registered marriages.

Death Statistics

During the fourth quarter of 2023 there was a decline in the number of deaths recorded in the province at 1,104 deaths. This figure reflects a decrease of 420 registered deaths compared to the same quarter of the previous year, which had 1,524 deaths.

The month of November has the highest number of deaths in the province, reaching 460. Following November, October and December recorded 441 and 203 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 4th Quarter 2022, 1st Quarter of 2023, and 4th Quarter 2023 based on the data files received by the PSA – Civil Registration Services (CRS) and has undergone initial processing as of 29 February 2024).  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

JAMN

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.