DVSS OCTOBER 2024 (BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH STATISTICS)

This report summarizes the administrative data gathered from the documents submitted last October 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: Four thousand one hundred ninety-one (4,191) for birth, seven hundred twenty-six (726) for marriage, and one thousand three hundred thirty-one (1,331) 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 October 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 4,191 registered live births for the month of October 2024. This represents 10.26 percent increase based on the 3,801 registered live births from the previous month, i.e., September 2024. The City of Antipolo had the highest contribution of live births in the province of Rizal as of October 2024 with 1,391 registrations, followed by Rodriguez with 584 registrations, and Taytay with 542 registrations, while the Municipality of Jalajala had the least contribution, with only 12 recorded live births. There were around 135 newborn babies daily in the province for the month of October 2024.

As seen in Figure 1, 51.63 percent of the newborn babies were male, and 48.37 percent were females. This means that there were slightly more male born babies than female born babies, with 6.54 percent difference for the month of October 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 726 registered marriages for the month of October 2024 in the Province of Rizal, this is higher compared from the 491 registered marriages during the previous month. This implies that there was a 47.86% increase in the number of registered marriages in the Province of Rizal from September 2024 to October 2024. 

The city/municipality that accounted for the highest number of registered marriages was the City of Antipolo with 250 registered marriages, followed by Taytay with 83 documents, and Rodriguez with 61 registered marriages. 

In Rizal, there were 17 Filipinas married to foreign nationals (i.e., thirteen (13) Americans, two (2) Australians, one (1) 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 one thousand three hundred thirty-one (1,331) deaths for the month of October 2024.

Table D shows that for the month of October 2024, there were 1,254 registered deaths that were residents of the province and 77 were nonresident citizens with a total of 1,331 registration of deaths, compared to the 1,376 total recorded deaths of the previous month (i.e., September 2024). This suggests a decrease of 3.27 percent in the number of registration of deaths in the Province of Rizal from September to October 2024.

The City of Antipolo accounted for the highest number of recorded deaths of residents in the Province of Rizal for the month of October 2024, with 299 registered deaths, which with a huge gap is followed by Binangonan with 187 registered deaths and Cainta with 147 registered deaths each for the month of October 2024.

There were 18 fetal death records in the Province of Rizal for the month of October 2024, slightly lower compared to 21 fetal death records of September 2024.

For the month of October 2024, males, who were residents of Rizal, had a higher number of registered deaths, accounting for 56.70 percent compared to the 43.30 percent registered deaths of female residents. (See Figure II)