Statistics on deaths that occurred in the Province of Cavite during the month of April 2024 are provided in this special release. This document has been divided down into city/municipal level data disaggregated by sex and registration status. Also, it displays the total number of deaths registered whether infant or fetal death. The data used to prepare this publication was obtained from the civil registration documents in which the Local Civil registration Offices (LCROs) submitted to the Cavite Provincial Statistical Office for evaluating, editing and undergo into machine processing.

DEATHS IN CAVITE

Table 1 shows that the Province of Cavite recorded 2,166 deaths for the month of April 2024 in terms of Death by Sex. A total of 1,143 men and 1,023 women died during the month. Compared to female deaths, male deaths were higher by 120. Relatively, majority of the cities and municipalities reported more male deaths than female deaths except for City of Bacoor with 124 male deaths and 130 female deaths, Cavite City with 29 male and 34 female deaths, General Emilio Aguinaldo with 5 male deaths and 6 female deaths, Noveleta with 14 male deaths and 16 female deaths and Rosario with 24 male deaths and 28 female deaths. However, number of deaths for both men and women reported seventeen (17) each in Alfonso and five (5) each in Magallanes.

Furthermore, the most reported deaths in Cavite were recorded in the City of Dasmariñas with 364, followed by the City of Bacoor with 254 and City of Imus with 213.

Table 2 shows that majority of the deaths were timely registered with 2,145 or 99 percent while twenty-two (22) with late registered.

The City of Gen. Trias was the highest among the 23 cities/municipalities in the province with five (5) late registered deaths. No late registration was reported in the municipalities of Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, General Mariano Alvarez (GMA), Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Naic and Ternate, and Cavite City.

Table 3 showed the Types of Deaths registered in the province of Cavite for the month of April 2024. The number of deaths reported for Infant was 81 or 3.74 percent of the total registered deaths. This type of death refers to the death of the infant between 1 day to 1 year of age. However, 35 or 1.62 percent recorded for fetal death. This type of death is considered for the fetus that had intra-uterine life of less than seven months and died within 24 hours after its complete delivery from the maternal womb. No record of death reported for maternal. This type of death defines as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy.

Furthermore, in terms of type of death, most reported in the province were recorded in Trece Martires City with a total of 26 for Infant and 10 for Fetal.  

Moreover, City of Dasmariñas registered the highest number of death with 422, followed by City of Bacoor and City of Imus with 280 and 220 deaths, respectively. The least number of registered deaths were in the municipality of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo with a total of nine (9).

SUMMARY

There were 2,167 deaths that were officially reported in the Province of Cavite during the month of April 2024. With 120 more male deaths than female. The City of Dasmariñas had the highest number of deaths reported with 422, while Magallanes had the fewest deaths reported with only six (6). Compared to late registered deaths, timely registered deaths had a high rate of 99 percent. No late registered deaths in one (1) city and 9 municipalities. No maternal death reported during the month of April 2024.