SPECIAL RELEASE Birth Statistics in Quezon: 2020 (Preliminary Results)
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DVSS 2021-007
Live births… The total number of live births in Quezon reported for the year 2020 was 34,920. This figure was lower by 12,518 or 26.4 percent from the previous year’s total of 47,438. The daily average of birth occurrences during the year was 95. There were more males (18,022 or 51.6 percent) than females (16,898 or 48.4 percent) registered during the year. This resulted to a birth sex ratio of 10 7 males for every 100 females. Lucena City recorded the highest number of live births with a total of 8,472 or 24.3 percent of the total births registered in the province. Candelaria (3,254 or 9.3 percent) topped the rest of the municipalities/city in terms of the number of live births. The least number of registered births was observed in the municipalities of Perez (30 or 0.09 percent) and Plaridel (17 or 0.05 percent). Month of Occurrence... January was the month with the highest number of births with 4,285 while April had the lowest registration of 981. In terms of daily average, the month of January recorded the highest figure with 138 births while April had the lowest average of 33 per day. Daily index of more than 100 indicates a daily average higher than the overall figure at the provincial level. Most of the months during the year had daily indices higher than 100. Attendant at Birth... The 29,219 (83.7 percent) birth deliveries were attended to by medically trained personnel such as physicians, nurses and midwives. Among the medically trained personnel, physicians attended to the most number of deliveries with 15,832 or 45.3 percent of the total births registered. The number of birth occurrences delivered by the traditional birth attendants and those without medical training was 5,701 or 16.3 percent of the total. Three municipalities in the province recorded higher number of live births attended to by traditional birth attendants compared to those attended to by health professionals. The municipality of San Francisco (73.0 percent) topped the list of areas with high percentage of birth deliveries attended to by non-health professionals. It was followed by the municipalities of San Narciso (64.6 percent) and Panukulan (50.2 percent). Age-group of mother… Seven in ten births were born to mothers aged 20-34 (25,508 or 73.0 percent). The number of births born to teenage mothers was 3,773 or 10.8 percent. A total of 170 births or 0.5 percent were born to mothers at the menopausal age (45 years old and over).
The data presented herein are based on the documents submitted by the local civil registrars of the province and consists of timely and delayed registrations received during the month.
The data presented herein are based on the documents submitted by the local civil registrars of the province and consists of timely and delayed registrations received during the month of JUNE 2023.
The data presented herein are based on the documents submitted by the local civil registrars of the province and consists of timely and delayed registrations received during the month.
