This is a report on death statistics gathered from the monthly submissions of civil registry documents by the Local Civil Registry Offices in the Province of Biliran. All data presented herein are preliminary tabulations.

REGISTERED DEATHS

     A total of 299 deaths were registered during the 1 st Quarter of 2023. The largest proportion (44.15 %) of death registrations was contributed by Naval with 132 deaths. Meanwhile, Maripipi recorded the least among the municipalities with 10 registered deaths (3.44 %).

     Of the total death registrations, 292 (97.66 %) were timely registrations while seven (7) or 2.34 percent were late registrations. The Municipality of Naval had the highest proportion of timely registration at 44.86 percent. On the other hand, the Municipality of Kawayan recorded a total of three (3) delayed death registrations or 42.86 percent.

     By sex, there were 165 male deaths (55.18 %) which is higher compared with the 134 females (44.82 %) during the 1 st Quarter of 2023. The data shows varying results as to the number male deaths compared to the number of female deaths in each municipality. The municipalities of Almeria, Caibiran, Culaba and Kawayan followed the trend where more female deaths were recorded than male deaths however, Biliran and Cabucgayan’s data show otherwise. Also, the municipalities of Maripipi and Naval have recorded equal numbers of male and female deaths during the reference quarter.

     From the preliminary tabulations, most of the registered death incidents in the province during the 1st Quarter of 2023 happened to older people. The largest proportion (63.88 %) of the death population in the province was aged above 60 years old. This was followed by age group 51-60 years old with 39 registered deaths which accounts for 13.04 percent.

     About 59.20 percent of the registered deaths in the entire province during the 1 st Quarter of 2023 were unattended by any medical practitioner. The Municipality of Naval reported the highest proportion of unattended deaths with 31.07 percent followed by Caibiran with 18.08 percent.

     There were also deaths attended by hospital authorities (27.42 %), public health officers (5.02 %), and private physicians (1.34 %).

TECHNICAL NOTES

Vital statistics are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register. 

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all such events that have something to do with an individual's entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime. Recording of these events in the civil register is known as vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records. 

Death - refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital function without the capability of resuscitation). 

The period when to report the event 

• Death or fetal death shall be reported to the Local Health Officer within forty-eight (48) hours from the time of death and the Local Health Officer shall direct or cause the registration to the C/MCR not later than thirty (30) days from the date of death.

SGD. RENAVIL V. CUEVA 
Chief Statistical Specialist