SPECIAL RELEASE Birth Statistics in Quezon: August 2020 (Preliminary Results)
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DVSS 2020-027
Live births… A total of 2,646 live births were registered in the province in August 2020. It recorded a decrease of 10.8 percent from the July figure of 2,968. The daily average of birth occurrences during the month was 85. Of the total births registered, 52.2 percent were males and 47.8 percent were females. This resulted to a birth sex ratio of 109 males for every 100 females. Lucena City recorded the highest number of live births with a total of 662 or 25.0 percent of the total births registered in the province. It was followed by Candelaria with a total of 271 or 10.2 percent and Lopez with a total of 226 or 8.5 percent . The least number of registered births was observed in the municipalities of Pitogo and Plaridel, both with one (1) or 0.04 percent. Attendant at Birth... The 2,329 (88.0 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 1,274 or 48.1 percent of the total births registered. The number of birth occurrences delivered by the traditional birth attendants and those without medical training was 317 or 12.0 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 Panukulan (70.0 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 Francisco (65.1 percent) and Jomalig (60.0 percent). Age-group of mother… Seven in ten births were born to mothers aged 20-34 (1,955 or 73.9 percent). The number of births born to teenage mothers was 289 or 10.9 percent. A total of 13 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.
