Deaths: Philippines 2007
Presented in this special release are data on deaths occurring in 2007 and registered from January 2007 to March 2008. Death refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after birth has taken place. It is a postnatal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation, thus, fetal death is not included. Place of occurrence refers to the place where vital event took place, while usual residence refers to the place where the deceased had habitually or permanently resided while still alive. Statistics for this vital event are based on information obtained from the Death Certificates (Municipal Form No. 103) transmitted by the City/Municipal Civil Registrars to the Office of the Civil Registrar General for processing and archiving. No adjustments for under-registration were made in the analysis.
Bicol Region reportedly had the highest percentage of deaths that were not medically attended. From its total number of 29,592 deaths, 22,376 or 75.6 percent did not get medical attendance. A slight difference was noted in Eastern Visayas wherein 14,058 or 74.2 percent out of 18,954 recorded deaths were not medically attended.
Diseases of the heart accounted for 88,314 or 20.0 percent of the total deaths (441,956) reported in 2007. Almost three out of five who died (50,086 or 56.7%) of the disease were males. Second and third in rank were cerebrovascular diseases (48,969 or 11.1%) and malignant neoplasm (44,399 or 10.0%).
ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Â¹Fatalities among males due to the ten leading causes of deaths were observed to be higher than females except those caused by pneumonia.
The ten leading causes of deaths comprised 320,640 or 72.6 percent of the total deaths in 2007.