SPECIAL RELEASE Birth Statistics in Quezon: January 2020 (Preliminary Results)
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2020-004
Live births… A total of 4,285 live births were registered in the province in January 2020. It recorded an increase of 33.7 percent from the December figure of 3,204. The daily average of birth occurrences during the month was 138. Of the total births registered, 51.1 percent were males and 48.9 percent were females. This resulted to a birth sex ratio of 105 males for every 100 females. Lucena City recorded the highest number of live births with a total of 1,285 or 30.0 percent of the total births registered in the province. It was followed by Candelaria with a total of 309 or 7.2 percent. The least number of registered birth was observed in the municipality of Agdangan with only one (1) or 0.02 percent. Attendant at Birth... The 3,466 (80.9 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 2,255 or 52.6 percent of the total births registered. The number of birth occurrences delivered by the traditional birth attendants and those without medical training was 819 or 19.1 percent of the total. Two 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 (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 municipality of San Narciso with 66.9 percent. Age-group of mother… Seven in ten births were born to mothers aged 20-34 (3,058 or 71.4 percent). The number of births born to teenage mothers was 469 or 10.9 percent. A total of 20 births or 0.5 percent were born to mothers at the menopausal age (45 years old and over).
A total of 4,303 live births were registered in the province in October 2023. It recorded a decrease of 0.7 percent from the September 2023 figure of 4,335.
