This special release presents statistical data on births occurring for the month of September 2024 in the Province of Cavite. This publication shows the disaggregated data of live births by sex and by registration status down to city/municipal level. It also presents the total registered live births by nationality of father and mother, usual residence of the mother, and type of birth. The civil registry documents transmitted by the Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs) to Cavite Provincial Office for machine processing served as the source of data in preparation of this publication.

Births in Cavite

Table 1 shows that there were 4,790 registered live births in the Province of Cavite for the month of September 2024. Male births accounted for 51.9 percent or 2,485 of the total births while female births accounted for 48.1 percent or 2,305. Males were higher by 180 than females. Seven (7) cities and municipalities recorded more male than female births. These were as follows: City of Bacoor, City of Carmona, Cavite City, City of General Trias, City of Imus, Tagaytay City and Trece Martires City and municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Maragondon, Naic, Rosario, and Silang.

The City of Bacoor recorded the highest registered live births with 732 total registered births. This was followed by City of Dasmariñas and Trece Martires City with 720 and 704 registered live births, respectively. The least registered live births were recorded in Ternate with five (5), followed by Magallanes with 12, and Amadeo with 13 registered live births.

Table 2 shows that 87.2 percent or 4,175 were timely registered while 12.8 percent or 615 were late registered. Timely registered births were registered within the reglementary period of 30 days. These births were higher by 3,560 compared to late registered births.

Naic had the highest percentage of timely registered births with 93.3 percent or 264 out of 283 total registered births. This was followed by Silang with 92.7 percent or 332 out of 358 and Maragondon with 91.3 percent or 42 out of 46 registered births. On the other hand, Alfonso recorded the highest percentage of late registered births with 52.9 percent or nine (9) out of 17 registered births. This was followed by Ternate with 40.0 percent or two (2) out of five (5) registered births and Amadeo with 38.5 percent or five (5) out of 13 registered births.

Figure 1 shows that most of the babies born were from Filipino mother (4,787 or 99.9 percent) while three (3) or 0.1 percent were babies with foreign mother. Births with Filipino mothers were higher by 4,784.

Figure 2 shows that most of the babies born were from Filipino father (4,502 or 94.0 percent). On the other hand, 288 or 6.0 percent were babies with foreign father. Births with Filipino fathers were higher by 4,214.

Figure 3 shows that the majority of the babies’ mother were residents of Cavite with a total of 4,704 while residents of other provinces were 86.

Figure 4 shows that majority of birth deliveries were single with a total of 4,751 of which 2,469 were males and 2,282 were females. Twins had a total of 39 composed of 16 males and 23 females.

Summary

The Province of Cavite had recorded a total of 4,790 live births for the month of September 2024. Male births were predominant in the province. Overall, males (2,485) outnumbered females (2,305) by 180. The highest number of registered births came from City of Bacoor with 732 and the least came from Ternate with five (5) live births only. Timely registered births were higher than late registered births. There were also more live births with Filipino mothers and fathers than births with foreign fathers and mothers. Majority of the mothers were residents of Cavite and among the types of birth, single was the most common.