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Number of Registered Deaths by Causes of Death and Sex, Philippines: 2016

Table ID: 1A1BVDA2

Indicator Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Definition Civil Registration is defined as the continuous, permanent and compulsory recording of the occurrences and characteristics of vital events, primarily for their value as legal documents and secondary for their usefulness as a source of statistics.
Cause of death
Death registration is the permanent and official recording of a person’s death.
Municipal Form No. 103 (Certification of Death) is the prescribed form being used for the declaration of facts and circumstances surrounding the death of a person for purposes of registration.
Method of Computation / Estimation Procedure Sum total of registered death by Causes of death and by sex
Source of Basic Data Death certificate or Municipal Form No. 103 (revised 2007)
Source Document/ Agency Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Frequency of Release Annual
Latest Available 2016
Level of Disaggregation National/Regional/Provincial
Remarks Limitations Act No. 3753 otherwise known as the Civil Registration Law of 1930 mandates that all vital events shall be registered. Despite this, there is still a problem of under-registration of vital events primarily due to lack of awareness of the people on the importance of vital registration especially in remote areas.
In view of the above limitations, caution is necessary in the interpretation of data, since information presented is not adjusted for under registration both for local and foreign vital events.
Contacts Ms. Aurora T. Reolalas#Vital Statistics Division#Civil Registration Service#3rd Flr Vibal Bldg.#Corner Times St. EDSA, Quezon City#Tel. No. +632 9295311#email : a.reolalas@psa.gov.ph
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