Number of Live births… 
A total of 3,685 live births were registered in the province in January 2024. It recorded an increase of 8.5 percent from the December 2023 figure of 3,397. 
Of the total births registered, half were males and half were females. This resulted to a birth sex ratio of 100 males for every 100 females. 

The daily average of birth occurrences during the month was 119, higher than the recorded daily average of 110 in December 2023. 
Lucena City recorded the highest number of live births with a total of 1,008 or  27.4 percent of the total births registered in the province. It was followed by Lopez and Candelaria with 325 or 8.8 percent and 240 or 6.5 percent, respectively.  
The three (3) municipalities with the least number of registered births were  Agdangan (1 or 0.03%), Pitogo (2 or 0.05%) and Sampaloc (7 or 0.19%).

Place of Occurrence and Usual Residence of Mother…  
Majority of the registered births were born to mothers whose usual residence is in Quezon province (3,616 or 98.1%). 
Only a small percentage of the birth occurrences (69 or 1.9%) were born to mothers whose usual residence is outside Quezon province. 
Seven (7) 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 500 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 99 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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