Data on vital events presented in this release were obtained from the timely and late registered births, deaths, and marriages at the Office of the City Civil Registrar of the City of Parañaque and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General through the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - National Capital Region-Provincial Statistical Office V (NCR-PSO V). The information presented includes vital events that occurred from January to December 2023 based on data files received by the PSA-Civil Registration Service (CRS) from the NCR PSO V and processed as of August 31, 2024. The figures presented herein are not adjusted for under-registration.

City of Parañaque registers more than eight thousand one hundred live births in 2023.

Between January and December 2023, the City of Parañaque registered 8,108 live births, constituting 4.94 percent of the total 164,002 live births recorded in the National Capital Region (NCR). In terms of live births registered, the city stood in seventh place within the region. (See Figure 1)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

The tally of live births in 2023 showed a rise of 0.35 percent compared to the previous year's total of 8,080. Among the registered live births, 4,211 were male, accounting for 52 percent, while the remaining 3,897 were female, making up 48 percent. This results in a sex ratio of 108 males for every 100 females born in the city as recorded in 2023. (See Figures 2 and 3)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

The number of deaths recorded in the City of Parañaque almost hits four thousand in 2023.

In 2023, the City of Parañaque recorded a total of 3,993 deaths, representing approximately 4.85 percent of the 82,410 deaths registered across the National Capital Region (NCR) during the same period. In terms of mortality rates among the cities in the region, Parañaque ranked seventh, with Quezon City registering the highest number of deaths. (See Figure 4)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

The recorded number of registered deaths in the City of Parañaque in 2023 showed a decrease of five occurrences, reflecting a 0.13 percent recede compared to the previous year within the same period. Of the total deaths reported from January to December 2023, 55 percent or 2,199 were males, while the remaining 45 percent or 1,794 were females. In terms of sex ratio, there were 123 male deaths for every 100 female deaths in the City of Parañaque. (See Figures 5 and 6) 

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

City of Parañaque at number twelve in the number of registered marriages in the NCR.

The city documented a cumulative total of 1,714 marriage occurrences in 2023. This significant figure constituted approximately 3.30 percent of the total marriages recorded in the National Capital Region, which stood at 51,892 for the same reference period. Notably, this placed the City of Parañaque in the twelfth position in terms of the highest number of registered marriages within the prime region. (See Figure 7)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

The total number of registered marriages from January to December 2023 experienced a significant decline of 8.59 percent compared to the 1,875 registered marriages recorded during the same period in the previous year, reflecting a downward trend in marriage registrations. (See Figure 8)

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Civil Registration Service, Vital Statistics Division

Technical Notes

Civil Registration is the recording in the appropriate civil registers, vital acts and events that affect the civil status of individuals.

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.

• Live Birth - is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of umbilical cord, or definite movement of the voluntary muscles. Whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered live born.

• Marriage - is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.

• Death - refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place.

• Sex Ratio - refers to the number of males per one hundred females.

• Usual Residence - refers to the place where the person habitually or permanently resides.

For more details, please visit www.psa.gov.ph

ESTRELLA R. VARGAS
Chief Statistical Specialist

Attachments:

1. Table 1. Number of Registered Vital Events by City/Municipality, National Capital Region: 2023
2. Table 2. Number of Registered Vital Events by City/Municipality, National Capital Region: 2022