Number of Live births…

 A total of 2,561 live births were registered in the province in February 2025. It recorded a decrease of 25.6 percent from the January 2025 figure of 3,440.
 Of the total births registered, 51.9 percent were males and 48.1 percent were females. This resulted to a birth sex ratio of 108 males for every 100 females.

 The daily average of birth occurrences during the month was 91, lower than the recorded daily average of 111 in January 2025.
 Lucena City recorded the highest number of live births with a total of 670 or  26.2 percent of the total births registered in the province. It was followed by Lopez and Candelaria  with 230 or 9.0 percent and 186 or 7.3 percent, respectively. 
 The three (3) municipalities with the least number of registered births were Perez, Pitogo and Sampaloc (all with 4 or 0.16%).
 No births were recorded from the municipality of Plaridel in January 2025.

Place of Occurrence and Usual Residence of Mother… 
 Majority of the registered births were born to mothers whose usual residence is in Quezon province (2,488 or 97.1%).
 Only a small percentage of the birth occurrences (73 or 2.9%) were born to mothers whose usual residence is outside Quezon province.
 Nine (9) out of the 39 municipalities and 2 cities of Quezon province showed a positive difference in the number of births by place of occurrence and the usual place of residence of the mother. This implies that there were mothers who opted to give birth to places where there are available or better health care facilities and social services.
 The highest positive difference of 343 was reported in Lucena City. This may be attributed to higher number of hospitals and health care facilities located in the city.
 In contrast, the highest negative difference of 74 was observed in Sariaya. This may be explained by its proximity to Lucena City where there are more health care facilities.

(SGD.) AIRENE A. PUCYUTAN
Chief Statistical Specialist
PSA Quezon

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