DVSS SEPTEMBER 2024 (BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH  STATISTICS)
This report summarizes the administrative data gathered from the documents submitted last September 2024 by the thirteen (13) Municipal Civil Registry Offices and one (1) City Civil Registry Office in the Province of Rizal.

The province generated the following statistics: Three thousand eight hundred one (3,801) for birth, four hundred ninety-one (491) for marriage, and one thousand three hundred seventy-six (1,376) for death.

Civil registration is a continuous, permanent, and compulsory recording of vital events occurring in the life of an individual such as birth, marriage, and death as well as court decrees, and legal instruments affecting his civil status in appropriate registers as mandated by Act No. 3753, the Civil Registry Law.

In this September 2024 issue, the Philippine Statistics Authority of Rizal presents the number of births, marriages, and deaths registered by the city and municipalities in the province are preliminary results from the Decentralized Vital Statistics System 2011 based on the documents submitted (Timely and Late Registered) by the Local Civil Registry Offices in Rizal.

BIRTH STATISTICS

Live Birth is a complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached-each product of such a birth is considered live born. 

The Province of Rizal recorded 3,801 registered live births for the month of September 2024. This represents 0.31 percent increase based on the 3,813 registered live births from the previous month, i.e., August 2024. 

The City of Antipolo had the highest contribution of live births in the province of Rizal as of September 2024 with a total of 1,194 registrations, followed by Rodriguez with 490 registrations, and Taytay with 454 registrations, while the Municipality of Jalajala had the least contribution, with only 15 recorded live births. 

There were around 122 newborn babies daily in the province for the month of September 2024.

As seen in Figure 1, 51.46 percent of the newborn babies were male, and 48.54 percent were females. This means that there were slightly more male born babies than female born babies, with 5.84 percent difference for the month of September 2024 in the Province of Rizal.

MARRIAGE STATISTICS

Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. 

As Table C shows, there were a total of 491 registered marriages for the month of September 2024 in the Province of Rizal, this is relatively higher compared from the 641 registered marriages during the previous month. This implies that there was a 23.40% decrease in the number of registered marriages in the Province of Rizal from August 2024 to September 2024.

The city/municipality that accounted for the highest number of registered marriages was the City of Antipolo with 195 registered marriages, followed by Cainta with 58 documents, and Taytay with 37 registered marriages. 

In Rizal, there were 9 Filipinas married to foreign nationals (i.e., four (4) Americans, four (4) Chinese and one (1) Japanese).

DEATH STATISTICS

Death refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (post-natal cessation of vital function without capability of resuscitation). 

The Province of Rizal recorded a total of one thousand three hundred seventy-six (1,376) deaths for the month of September 2024.

Table D shows that for the month of September 2024, there were 1,291 registered deaths that were residents of the province and 85 were nonresident citizens with a total of 1,376 registration of deaths, compared to the 1,391 total recorded deaths of the previous month (i.e., August 2024). This suggests a decrease of 1.08 percent in the number of registration of deaths in the Province of Rizal from August to September 2024.

The City of Antipolo accounted for the highest number of recorded deaths of residents in the Province of Rizal for the month of September 2024, with 334 registered deaths, which with a huge gap is followed by Binangonan with 146 registered deaths, and Cainta with 141 registered deaths each for the month of September 2024.

There were a total of 21 fetal death records in the Province of Rizal for the month of September 2024, lower compared to 35 fetal death records of August 2024.

For the month of September 2024, males, who were residents of Rizal, had a higher number of registered deaths, accounting for 55.46 percent compared to the 44.54 percent registered deaths of female residents. (See Figure II).