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PSA: Birth, marriage rates up; deaths down in 2022

Published Sep 7, 2023 05:39 am

At A Glance

  • The number of registered births in 2022 exceeded 1.38 million, a 1.3 percent increase compared to 2021. The National Capital Region (NCR) reported the highest number of registered births, with 143,115.<br>The preliminary count of registered marriages in 2022 rose to 433,871, a significant increase of 21.6 percent compared to 2021. CALABARZON reported the highest number of registered marriages, followed by the NCR.<br>Quezon City had the highest number of registered marriages within NCR, with 17,862 marriages.<br>The number of registered deaths in 2022 dropped to 664,221, a decline of 24.5 percent compared to 2021. CALABARZON recorded the highest number of registered deaths, followed by NCR. Quezon City had the highest number of registered deaths within Metro Manila.

There was a significant growth in birth and marriage rates registered last year while death rates were reduced, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

From January to December 2022, the number of registered births reached over 1.38 million.

This was higher by 1.3 percent than the total registered births of 1.36 million in the same period in 2021.

The National Capital Region (NCR) reported the highest number of registered births at 143,115 last year. This is 11.1 percent lower than the 160,946 births registered in the same period in 2021.

Of its cities and municipality, Quezon City posted the highest number of registered births at 28,293 or 19.8 percent of the total births in the region.

Among provinces, Cavite registered the highest number of registered births at 54,507 or 3.9 percent of the total births. Followed by the provinces of Cebu with 49,947 or 3.6 percent and Bulacan with 47,893 or 3.5 percent.

The PSA reported that the preliminary number of registered marriages went up to 433, 871 in 2022, higher by 21.6 percent from 356, 839 recorded in 2021.

CALABARZON posted the highest number of registered marriages at 63,759 or 14.7 percent, while NCR registered 51,616 marriages or a 25.8 percent increase from the 41,025 marriages registered in 2021.

Among its cities and municipality, Quezon City saw the highest number of registered marriages at 17,862 or 34.6 percent in the region.

The provinces of Batangas, Cavite, and Cebu registered the most numbers of marriages from January to December 2022 with 15,646 or 3.6 percent, 15,373 or 3.5 percent, and 14,900 3.4 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, the number of registered deaths dropped to 664,221 from January to December 2022.

This was lower by -24.5 percent compared to 879,429 registered in 2021.

Among the regions, CALABARZON posted the highest number of registered deaths at 97,588 or 14.7 percent last year.

NCR also saw a decrease in deaths with 74,779 registered last year. Of its cities and municipality, Quezon City recorded the highest number of registered deaths at 15,581 or 20.8 percent in the region.

The province of Cavite recorded the highest number of registered deaths among provinces from 24,379 or 3.7 percent. This was followed by Bulacan with 23,241 deaths or 3.5 percent and Pangasinan with 22,666 or 3.4 percent. (Xander Dave G. Ceballos)

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