REGIONS NUMBER OF BIRTH BY NUMBER OF BIRTHS BY

2016 PLACE OF OCCURRENCE USUAL RESIDENCE OF THE MOTHER

BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE

NATIONAL 241,061 125,512 115,549 219,936 114,535 105,401

CAPITAL REGION
CORDILLERA 31,779 16,435 15,344 29,285 15,106 14,179
ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION
REGION I- ILOCOS 81,162 42,427 38,735 82,206 43,004 39,202

REGION II- 56,630 29,693 26,937 58,490 30,701 27,789

CAGAYAN VALLEY
REGION III- 189,153 99,395 89,758 191,245 100,455 90,790
CENTRAL LUZON
REGION IV-A 234,741 121,872 112,869 251,344 130,470 120,874
CALABARZON
REGION IV-B 48,714 25,439 23,275 48,888 25,505 23,383
MIMAROPA
REGION V- BICOL 115,623 59,923 55,700 116,092 60,145 55,947
REGION VI- 115,885 60,756 55,129 114,774 60,179 54,595
WESTERN VISAYAS
REGION VII- 145,671 76,358 69,313 145,550 76,288 69,262
CENTRAL VISAYAS
REGION VIII- 74,308 38,965 35,343 74,725 39,172 35,553
EASTERN VISAYAS
REGION IX- 62,488 32,606 29,882 63,556 33,192 30,364
ZAMBOANGA
PENINSULA
REGION X- 91,315 47,668 43,647 89,359 46,683 42,676
NORTHERN
MINDANAO
REGION XI- DAVAO 92,463 48,078 44,385 90,828 47,240 43,588

REGION XII- 80,675 42,260 38,415 78,919 41,306 37,613

SOCCSKSARGEN

AUTONOMOUS 26,675 13,972 12,703 31,067 16,307 14,760

REGION IN
MUSLIM
MINDANAO
REGION XIII- 42,946 22,335 20,611 44,135 22,941 21,194
CARAGA

PHILIPPINES 1,731,289 903,694 827,595

BIRTH RATE
2016
 REGION XIII, 0.025 REGION IV-B, 0.028
ARMM, 0.015
REGION XII, 0.047

REGION XI, 0.053 NCR, 0.139 CAR, 0.018

REGION I, 0.047
REGION X, 0.053
REGION II, 0.033
REGION IX, 0.036
REGION III, 0.109
REGION VIII, 0.043
REGION VII,
0.084
REGION IV-A,
0.136

REGION VI, 0.067

REGION V, 0.067

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Male Female
2016 Birth Statistics

The number of births registered in 2016 had a total of 1,731,289 an decrease of about -0.77
percent compared to 1,744,767 births in 2015. In 2016, there was an average of 4,743 babies
born daily or 198 babies born per hour or three babies per minute.

With 1,731,289 of births in 2016, more males (903,694 or 52.20%) were born than females
(827,595 or 47.80%) which resulted to a sex ratio of 109 males per 100 females.

Around 60.0 percent of the total births in the country were born in Luzon, and the top three
regions in terms of number of live births were in this area.

National Capital Region (NCR) recorded the highest number with 241,061 births or 14 percent
of the total. Second and third in rank were the Region IV-A (CALABARZON) with 234,741
(13.5%) births and Region III (CENTRAL LUZON) with 189,153 (11%) births, respectively.

On the other hand, ARMM had the lowest number of registered births of only 26,675 (1.5%) of
the total.

Traditional Birth and Medically attended Birth (Percentage)

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80
60
40
20
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Health Professionals Traditional Birth (Hilot)

In 2016, shown in the graph above, 91.7 % of births were attended by health professional while
7.7% were attended by traditional births.

Seven out of ten births were attended by medical professionals (Physician, Nurse, and Midwife)
with 68.2 percent of total births. This marked a decrease of .6 percent from last year’s figure of
67.6 percent live births that were medically attended.

Hilots/traditional birth attendants aided in the delivery of 31 percent of the total births

All regions showed an increasing trend on births attended by health professionals each passing
year. National Capital Region showed the highest proportion of births attended by health
professionals while ARMM showed the highest proportion of births attended by traditional or
Hilot.

Regional Statistics (Areas with highest and lowest numbers of birth)

Regions Highest Lowest

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
CORDILLERA
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
REGION I- ILOCOS
REGION II- CAGAYAN VALLEY
REGION III- CENTRAL LUZON
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
REGION IV-B MIMAROPA
REGION V- BICOL
REGION VI- WESTERN
VISAYAS
REGION VII- CENTRAL
VISAYAS
(making it the city with the highest number of
REGION VIII- EASTERN
VISAYAS
Manila Pateros
(59,060 or 24.50 percent) (898 or .37 percent)
Benguet Apayao
(14,672or 46.17 percent) (2,407 or 7.57 percent)
Pangasinan Ilocos Norte
(50,992or 62.83 percent) (7,977or 9.83 percent)
Isabela Batanes
(25,860 or 45.66 percent) (237 or .42 percent)
Bulacan Aurora
(52,576 or 27.80 percent) (3,582 or 1.89 percent)
Cavite Quezon
(53,056 or 22.60 percent) (36,301 or 15.46 percent)
Palawan Marinduque
(17,944 or 36.84 percent) (3,823 or 7.85 percent)
Camarines Sur Catanduanes
(40,317or 34.87 percent) (5,795 or 5.01 percent)
Negros Occidental Guimaras
(46,518 or 40.14 percent) (1,997 or 1.72 percent)
Cebu Siquijor
(98,274 or 67.46 percent) (1,275 or .88 percent)
birth)
Leyte Biliran
(36,871 or 49.62 percent) (3,522 or 4.74 percent)
 REGION IX- ZAMBOANGA Zamboanga Del Sur Isabela City
PENINSULA (34,035 or 54.47 percent) (1,640 or 2.62 percent)
REGION X- NORTHERN Misamis Oriental Camiguin
MINDANAO (32,166 or 35.23 percent) (1,617 or 1.77 percent)
REGION XI- DAVAO Davao Del Sur Davao Occidental
(47,858 or 51.76) (1,720 or 1.86 percent)
REGION XII- SOCCSKSARGEN South Cotabato Cotabato City
(30,812 or 38.19 percent) (5,956 or 7.38 percent_
AUTONOMOUS REGION IN Maguindanao Basilan
MUSLIM MINDANAO (12,716 or 27.29 percent) (1,600 or 15.16 percent)
REGION XIII- CARAGA Agusan Del Norte Dinagat Island
(11,940 or 27.80 percent) (762 or 1.77 percent)

Despite NCR (National Capital Region) is considered as the major contributor to birth, Cebu of
Region VII-Central Visayas got the most numbers with 98,274 or 67.46 percent, making it the
city with the highest numbers of birth in the whole country. Meanwhile, Batanes of Region II-
Cagayan Valley got 237 or .42 percent, making it the City with the lowest numbers of birth.

Regional Statistics

80 67.46
62.83
60 54.47 51.76
46.17 49.62
45.66
36.84 34.87 40.14 35.23 38.19
40 27.8 27.29 27.8
24.5 22.6
15.46 15.16
20 7.57 9.83 7.85 5.01 7.38
0.37 0.42 1.89 1.72 0.88 4.74 2.62 1.77 1.86 2.66
0

Highest Lowest

Despite NCR (National Capital Region) is considered as the major contributor to birth, Cebu of
Region VII-Central Visayas got the most numbers with 98,274 or 67.46 percent, making it the
city with the highest numbers of birth in the whole country. Meanwhile, Batanes of Region II-
Cagayan Valley got 237 or .42 percent, making it the City with the lowest numbers of birth.
Age Group 2016
Number Percent
Total 1,731,289 100.0
Under 15 1,903 0.11
15-19 201,182 11.62
20-24 487,763 28.17
25-29 444,205 25.66
30-34 322,878 18.65
35-39 196,493 11.35
40-44 64,960 3.75
45-49 6,622 0.38
50 and over 387 0.02
Not Stated 4,896 0.28

Number of Live Births by Age of Mother: 2016

Not Stated
50 and over
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34 Number of Live Births by Age of
25-29 Mother: 2016

20-24
15-19
Under 15
Total

0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000

Distribution of Birth by Age Group

With 1,731,289 births, the group of 20-24 is the dominant range of age getting 28.17 percent
over the entire live births recorded for the year 2016, next to it is 25-29 with 444,205 or 25.66
percent and 30-34 which comes after with 322,878 or 18.65 recorded births. Meanwhile, there
were also recorded 1,903 and 387 births by under 15 and over 50 respectively.