L Link The Official Newsletter of the National Statistics Office - National Capital Region

July to September 2011 Volume IX Issue 3

“70 Plus 1 na Tayo”

NSO-NCR celebrated the office‟s 71st founding

anniversary with various activities like display of anniversary streamer, asking of trivia questions during flag ceremony, Thanksgiving Mass, NCR Got Talent, NCR Pinoy Henyo, Tiangge sa NCR, data dissemination forum on 2011 CES 2nd quarter and sports festival.

Truly, 71 years of public service is worth celebrating.

NSO-NCR at Manila Ocean Park

NSO-NCR conducted Family Day Celebration at the Manila Ocean Park at Quirino Grandstand last September 23, 2011. This is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 60 signed by then President Fidel V. Ramos which declares every last week of September as Family Week. NSO-NCR staff together with some family members visited the Manila Ocean Park. The group enjoyed the Sea Lion Show, Jelly Fish Aquarium and the Oceanarium.

NCR Regional Data Dissemination Forum on 2009 FIES

NSO-NCR Regional Office conducted the NCR Regional Data Dissemination Forum on 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey last July 1, 2011 at the Casino Español de Manila, Ermita, Manila.

The keynote speaker of the forum was NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta. The presenters were NSO-NCR Director Lourdes V. Homecillo (2009 FIES: Background and Some Data), PIDS Senior Research Fellows Dr. Jose Ramon G. Albert (Trends in Household Vulnerability) and Ateneo De Manila University Lecturer Mr. Philip Arnold P. Tuaño (Using the FIES: Assessing the Macro-economics and Welfare Impacts of „Transaction Cost‟).

Mrs. Nelia R. Marquez and Dr. Isidoro P. David were the discussants of the forum. The participants were officials, representatives of the National Government agencies, local government units, and academe.

NCR Pinoy Henyo: NSO-NCR‟s version of the popular TV game “Pinoy Henyo”.

NSO Administrator Carmelita N. Ericta delivers her keynote message

NSO-NCR Director Lourdes V. Homecillo with the Regional Office staff at the Manila Ocean Park

NCR News

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Link Editorial

NSO@71: Its Relevance to National Development

“There will be no development on education, health, infrastructure, public utilities and even in the private sectors if NSO doesn't play as a good and fruitful actor”

Elnora T. Estalle NCR V

“To be more concrete, the surveys that the agency conduct are very vital on answering the Millenium Development Goals.”

Kay-Ven Ralph T. Jao NCR II

“At 71, NSO lived up to its mandate in providing quality data on issues affecting health, employment, income and other basic needs which concerns Juan Dela Cruz.”

Noel L. Genavia NCR II

“Improving our services to the public is already a big help in the national development.”

Jean de Villa NCR III

RD Homecillo at 58th ISI-World Statistics Congress NSO-NCR Director Lourdes V. Homecillo participated in the 58

th ISI-World Statistics Congress

held last August 21 to 26, 2011 at Dublin, Ireland.

The Congress brought together more than 2,000

statisticians from all over the world to listen to

papers on statistical issues and concerns ranging

from census of population, census of agriculture,

CPI, statistical governance, statistical education,

official statistics, theoretical researches, among

others.

RD Homecillo also presented the technical paper

authored by Ms. Mary Ann Magtulis of SRTC,

Philippines as the latter could not make it to the

conference. The paper was entitled “Housing Needs

Framework Using Census Data”.

RD Homecillo at the 58th ISI-World Statistics Congress together with other participants.

Civil Registration Matters

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Paper presentations highlighted the three-day affair, focusing on laws, court decrees, and legal instruments affecting marriage in the Philippines, learning on marriage registration as shared by civil registrars, marriage concepts and procedures, important facts and figures on Philippine marriages, experience on cancellation of Certificate of Authority to Solemnize Marriage, improved systems for use of solemnizing officers, and other issues and concerns faced by solemnizing officers.

NSO-NCR Director Lourdes V. Homecillo was one of the paper presenters in the convention. Her paper was entitled “NSO Experience in the Cancellation of CRASM of Solemnizing Officers”.

The NCSO is an undertaking organized by the NSO and is being held every two years. The last one was held in 2009 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.

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National Convention on Solemnizing Officers

"Let us work hand in hand in strengthening the network of solemnizing officers and in providing a wider venue for learning sessions that will be of help in the execution of their duties as key agents of marriage and as marriage officials."

Carmelita N. Ericta, 7NCSO

The 7th National Convention of Solemnizing Officers

(7NCSO) was held last August 2 to 4, 2011 at the Ilocos Norte Convention Center. The convention‟s theme was "Quality Civil Registration in Support of National Development Goals".

A total of 1,379 participants attended the event. The number included 628 local civil registrars; 271 priests, pastors, imams, and other solemnizing officers from various religious sects and denominations; 156 mayors; and 11 judges. Other attendees were local officials and other people involved in the solemnization and registration of marriages.

The participants were welcomed by Laoag City Mayor Michael V. Fariñas who was represented by his wife Chevylle V. Fariñas. The keynote message by Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Director General Cayetano W. Paderanga was delivered by his representative, NEDA-Region I Director Leonardo N. Quitos, Jr. In his message, Secretary Paderanga pointed out the vital role of solemnizing officers in building families and the importance of marriage statistics in realizing national development goals.

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Statistical Corner

On employment unemployment and underemployment In the Philippines, the employment rate in July 2011, or the proportion of the employed persons to total labor force, was estimated at 92.9 percent. Among the regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded the lowest employment rate at 89.1 percent. NCR registered a two-digit unemployment rate of 10.9 percent, highest among the regions and higher than the national figure (7.1%). For the underemployment rate, the National Capital Region recorded 14.4 percent, lower than the national figure (19.1%).

Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: July 2011 (in percent)

Region Labor Force

Participation Rate

Employment Rate

Unemploy-ment Rate

Underemploy-ment Rate

Total Population 15 Years Old

and Over (in thousands)

Philippines 64.3 92.9 7.1 19.1 62,054

National Capital Region 63.0 89.1 10.9 14.4 8,021

Cordillera Administrative Region 68.3 95.3 4.7 13.5 1,132

I - Ilocos Region 61.9 92.1 7.9 18.7 3,518

II - Cagayan Valley 68.0 97.6 2.4 13.6 2,203

III - Central Luzon 61.3 90.4 9.6 10.8 6,814

IV A - Calabarzon 63.3 89.6 10.4 17.2 8,064

IV B - Mimaropa 69.8 96.2 3.8 23.2 1,882

V - Bicol Region 63.8 94.6 5.4 34.3 3,443

VI - Western Visayas 65.0 94.0 6.0 24.4 5,040

VII - Central Visayas 66.8 93.7 6.3 18.8 4,718

VIII - Eastern Visayas 65.0 95.3 4.7 24.8 2,790

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 66.3 96.7 3.3 23.7 2,205

X - Northern Mindanao 69.4 94.8 5.2 22.3 2,906

XI - Davao Region 65.7 94.2 5.8 18.6 2,898

XII - Soccsksargen 67.8 95.5 4.5 21.5 2,603

XIII - Caraga 65.2 94.1 5.9 25.2 1,632

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

54.1 96.3 3.7 11.2 2,184

Source: July 2011 Labor Force Survey

Note: Estimates for July 2011 are preliminary.

Statistical Corner

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CPI for All Income Household by Commodity Group, Philippines and NCR: July to September 2010-2011

(2000=100)

Commodity Group July August September

2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010

All Items (Philippines) 174.0 166.4 174.0 166.9r 174.1 166.4

All Items (NCR) 170.4 163.4 170.2 164.0 170.4 162.7

Food, beverages and tobacco 160.5 154.9 159.8 155.1 160.4 154.5

Clothing 142.8 140.8 142.8 140.8 142.9 140.8

Housing and repairs 145.8 142.5 146.0 142.5 146.0 142.5

Fuel, light and water 271.8 257.9r 273.5 266.1r 271.9 253.4

Services 202.7 187.7 202.1 187.5 202.3 186.8

Miscellaneous 128.7 127.8 128.8 127.8 128.9 127.9

r-revised

Source: Economic Indices and Indicators Division (EIID), NSO

CPI in NCR Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the percent change in the average prices of goods and services commonly bought by a group of consumers from the base period. CPI of NCR for the third quarter of 2011 registered an erratic trend. From 170.4 in July 2011 the CPI decreased to 170.2 in August 2011 and went back to 170.4 for the month of June 2011. The inflation rate in NCR experienced upward trend for the third quarter of 2011. Inflation rate in July 2011 was 4.3 percent and decreased in August 2011 (3.8%) and went up to 4.7 percent in September 2011. Purchasing Power of Peso

(PPP) registered at ₱0.59 for the third quarter of 2011.

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Inflation Rate, NCR: January to December 2010 and January to September 2011

2010 2011

0.62 0.62 0.62

0.61 0.610.61

0.61 0.61 0.61

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Purchasing Power of the Peso, NCR: January to December 2010 and January to September 2011

2010 2011

Statistical Corner

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About three babies born every minute

There were 1,745,585 live births registered in 2009.The figure decreased by 38,731 or 2.2 percent from the 1,784,316 live births reported in 2008. An average of 4,782 births occurred daily which is around 199 births per hour, or three babies per min-ute.

The top three regions with the highest number of live births were in Luzon area. These are Region IVA - CALABARZON with 266,688 live births (15.3 percent of the total), followed by National Capital Region with 265,774 (15.2% of the total), and Region III - Central Luzon with 204,148 (11.7% of the total).

Crude Birth Rate declined by 0.8 percentage

points

The Crude Birth Rate (CBR) decreased from 19.7 per 1,000 mid-year population in 2008 to 18.9 per 1,000 mid-year population this year. About nine (9) out of 17 regions in the country had a CBR value greater than the national CBR.

All regions decreased in the CBR value except for Region XI, where it increased from 19.3 in 2008 to 20.1 in 2009. The biggest decrease was in Region IX, from CBR value of 16.5 in 2008 to 14.2 in 2009.

Three out of four births are medically attended

Around three-fourths (74.0%) of the total births in the country were medically attended either by a physi-cian, a nurse or a midwife. The percentage of medically attended births increased from previous year's value of 70.9 percent.

More than half or about or four (4) out of the seven (7) births attended by health professionals were under the care of physicians (736,173 or 42.2%).

Four in every ten babies are born illegitimate

Around four in every ten babies were born illegitimate. This is about 711,079 or 40.7 percent of the total births recorded. Out of the total 711,079 illegitimate babies more than half or 64.6 are recorded in Luzon.

One for every ten births are born to teen-age mothers

About 195,662 (11.2%) live births were born to mothers under 20 years old. This means that one for every ten births was mothered by teen-agers.

On the other hand three out ten babies were sired by mothers aged 20-24. This proportion of births was the biggest among those were sired by mothers in 5-year age groups. The median age for mothers giving birth was 27.0 years.

Three babies born every minute in 2009

Source: NSO Press Release No. 2011-79

Statistical Corner

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Registered deaths increase by 3.5 percent in 2009

About 5.2 deaths per thousand population occurs in 2009

Reported deaths in 2009 reached 480,820. This was 3.5 percent higher than the previous year's result of 464,581 resulting to a crude death rate (CDR) of 5.2 deaths per 1000 population.

Male deaths (279,513) outnumbered female (201,307) deaths, resulting to a sex ratio of 139 males per 100 females for the year.

The top three regions in terms of the number of deaths were in Luzon-- National Capital Region (67,031 or 13.94%); Region IV-A (66,916 or 13.92%) and Region III (56,290 or 11.7%).

One out of five deaths are caused by disease of the heart

Diseases of the heart were consistently the top leading cause of deaths with 100,908 total death occurrences or 21.0 percent. Cerebrovascular disease (56,670 or 11.8) came second in rank, followed by malignant neoplasm or commonly called "cancer" (47,732 or 9.9%).

About three-fourths (356,062 or 74.1%) of the total deaths was attributed by the top ten leading causes of deaths.

Two-thirds of the total deaths re-

ported are not medically attended

Out of the total 480,820 deaths in the country, about two-thirds (322,612 or 67.1 %) of deaths reported were not medically attended.

Infant deaths is more than twice the

number of deaths in ages 1-4

Deaths among infant is more than twice (21,659 or 4.5%) the number of deaths in ages 1-4 (9,837 or 2.0%). More males died among infant that females resulting to a sex ratio of 137 males per 100 fe-males. The lowest number of deaths occurred at age group 10-14 with 4,892 or 1.0 percent of the total. From age group 10 - 14 to 80 and over, the num-ber death continuously increased and drops at age group 75-79 but again went up at 80 and over.

The median age at death was 62.7. For the males it was 59.6 while 67.9 for the females.

Number of Death by Sex and Usual Residence of Mother, 2009

Usual Residence of Mother Number

Both Sexes Male Female

Philippines 480,820 279,513 201,307

National Capital Region 67,031 38,445 28,586

Cordillera Administrative Region 6,763 3,999 2,764

I - Ilocos Region 32,193 18,102 14,091

II - Cagayan Valley 17,242 10,015 7,227

III - Central Luzon 56,290 32,363 23,927

IV A - Calabarzon 66,916 38,676 28,240

IV B - Mimaropa 12,189 7,290 4,899

V - Bicol Region 31,399 18,087 13,312

VI - Western Visayas 47,195 27,216 19,979

VII - Central Visayas 40,201 22,815 17,386

VIII - Eastern Visayas 20,603 11,971 8,632

IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 13,035 7,899 5,136

X - Northern Mindanao 19,937 11,958 7,979

XI - Davao Region 22,817 13,909 8,908

XII - Soccsksargen 14,537 9,056 5,481

XIII - Caraga 10,231 6,226 4,005

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

1,582 1,056 526

Foreign Countries 659 430 229

Source: 2009 Vital Statistics

Source: NSO Press Release No. 2011-80

Statistical Corner

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Registered marriages totaled 492,254 in 2009, an increase of 1.2 percent

There were 492,254 marriages registered in the country in 2009, an increase of 1.2 percent from the 2008 count of 486,514. This is a reverse trend, wherein in previous years, the number of marriages was declining in the country.

Among regions, NCR top the list with 14.5 percent of the total marriages in the country, while the least was recorded in ARMM with 0.3 percent. Both NCR and ARMM remain in the same position in the previous years.

Women preferred to marry at ages 20-24 while men at ages 25-29

As in previous years, the trend shows that women marry at a younger age than their men counterpart. In 2009, more than one-third (36.8%) of bride got married at ages 20-24, while for the groom (34.8%) at ages 25-29.

Number of teenage brides down by 1.5 percent from previous year

A total of 64,946 teenage brides recorded or about 13.2 percent of the total marriages in the country, a decline of 1.5 percent from the 2008 count of 65,958. The number of teen brides is almost five times more than the teen grooms.

Civil rites still preferred by Filipinos

Marriages celebrated through civil rites numbered 218,361 or 44.4 percent of the total marriages reported during the year. Wedding ceremonies in Roman Catholic churches got the second highest with 170,502 or 34.6 percent of the total reported marriages.

Tribal rites is on the rise

As compared in previous years, it can be observed that marriages under civil rites showed a declining trend from 2006 to 2008 but in 2009 it increased by 9.4 percent. Tribal rites show a positive trend and, increasing by 75.1 percent in 2009. On the other hand, marriages in Roman Catholic show a negative trend and it decreased by 3.3 percent in 2009, while Islam showing a positive trend from 2006-2008, but it decreased by 16.6 percent in 2009.

Registered Marriages Up by 1.2 Percent in 2009

Source: NSO Press Release No. 2011-77