Table 1.

Number and Percentage Change of Registered Deaths, Philippines: 2012-2021

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number 514,745 532,176 536,999 560,605 582,183 579,237 590,709 620,414
Per Day 1,406 1,458 1,471 1,536 1,591 1,587 1,618 1,700
Per Hour 59 61 61 64 66 66 67 71
Percent Change 3.4 0.9 4.4 3.8 -0.5 2.0 5.0
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the
country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
 2020 2021
613,936 879,429
1,677 2,409
70 100
-1.0 43.2
throughout the
Table 2. Number and Percent Share of Registered Deaths by Sex and by Usual Residence (Region), Philippines: 2021
Number Percent
Usual Residence (Region)
Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes

Total 879,429 491,053 388,376 100.0

National Capital Region 105,178 58,883 46,295 12.0
Cordillera Administrative Region 13,241 7,439 5,802 1.5
Region I - Ilocos Region 53,951 29,154 24,797 6.1
Region II - Cagayan Valley 32,597 18,350 14,247 3.7
Region III - Central Luzon 113,127 62,427 50,700 12.9
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 138,298 77,419 60,879 15.7
MIMAROPA Region 22,934 13,135 9,799 2.6
Region V - Bicol 50,410 28,151 22,259 5.7
Region VI - Western Visayas 71,688 39,967 31,721 8.2
Region VII - Central Visayas 67,814 37,035 30,779 7.7
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 34,927 19,203 15,724 4.0
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 28,783 16,029 12,754 3.3
Region X - Northern Mindanao 40,666 22,796 17,870 4.6
Region XI - Davao 43,437 25,109 18,328 4.9
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 32,410 18,988 13,422 3.7
Region XIII - Caraga 23,080 13,014 10,066 2.6
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao 6,662 3,762 2,900 0.8
Foreign Countries 226 192 34 0.0
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the
country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Notes: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
0.0 - less than 0.05
ence (Region), Philippines: 2021
Percent
Male Female

55.8 44.2
6.7 5.3
0.8 0.7
3.3 2.8
2.1 1.6
7.1 5.8
8.8 6.9
1.5 1.1
3.2 2.5
4.5 3.6
4.2 3.5
2.2 1.8
1.8 1.5
2.6 2.0
2.9 2.1
2.2 1.5
1.5 1.1

0.4 0.3
0.0 0.0
Registrars throughout the
Table 3. Number and Percent Share of Registered Deaths, Daily Average and Daily Index, by Month, Philippines: 20

Month Number Percent Daily Average

Total 879,429 100.0 2,409

January 59,993 6.8 1,935
February 53,861 6.1 1,924
March 62,558 7.1 2,018
April 70,556 8.0 2,352
May 71,920 8.2 2,320
June 68,399 7.8 2,280
July 75,672 8.6 2,441
August 97,880 11.1 3,157
September 119,758 13.6 3,992
October 84,428 9.6 2,723
November 58,202 6.6 1,940
December 56,202 6.4 1,813
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout
the country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
Index, by Month, Philippines: 2021

Daily Index

100.0
80.3
79.8
83.8
97.6
96.3
94.6
101.3
131.0
165.7
113.0
80.5
75.2
vil Registrars throughout
ipal Form 103)
Table 4. Number and Percent Share of Registered Deaths by Sex, Age Group, and Sex Ratio, Philippines: 2021
Both Sexes Male Female
Age Group
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total 879,429 100.0 491,053 100.0 388,376 100.0

Under 1 18,607 2.1 10,678 2.2 7,929 2.0
1-4 6,909 0.8 3,875 0.8 3,034 0.8
5-9 4,821 0.5 2,675 0.5 2,146 0.6
10-14 5,485 0.6 3,173 0.6 2,312 0.6
15-19 8,912 1.0 5,785 1.2 3,127 0.8
20-24 12,517 1.4 8,327 1.7 4,190 1.1
25-29 16,193 1.8 10,740 2.2 5,453 1.4
30-34 19,603 2.2 12,830 2.6 6,773 1.7
35-39 24,104 2.7 15,381 3.1 8,723 2.2
40-44 32,737 3.7 20,942 4.3 11,795 3.0
45-49 42,579 4.8 26,992 5.5 15,587 4.0
50-54 57,781 6.6 36,625 7.5 21,156 5.4
55-59 71,628 8.1 44,866 9.1 26,762 6.9
60-64 85,218 9.7 52,626 10.7 32,592 8.4
65-69 97,192 11.1 58,883 12.0 38,309 9.9
70-74 100,204 11.4 57,803 11.8 42,401 10.9
75-79 88,927 10.1 46,245 9.4 42,682 11.0
80-84 82,343 9.4 37,055 7.5 45,288 11.7
85 and over 103,575 11.8 35,479 7.2 68,096 17.5
Not Stated 94 0.0 73 0.0 21 0.0
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the
country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
0.0 - less than 0.05
hilippines: 2021

Sex Ratio

126.4
134.7
127.7
124.7
137.2
185.0
198.7
197.0
189.4
176.3
177.5
173.2
173.1
167.6
161.5
153.7
136.3
108.3
81.8
52.1
-
Table 5. Number and Percent Share of Registered Deaths by Attendant and Usual Residence (Region), Philippines: 202
Attended
Usual Residence (Region) Total Public
Private Hospital
% Attended Health
Physician Authority
Officer

Total 879,429 456,784 73,256 119,987 244,493

% to Total 100.0 51.9 8.3 13.6 27.8
National Capital Region 105,178 68.2 11,793 6,990 49,976
Cordillera Administrative Region 13,241 62.9 738 739 4,816
Region I - Ilocos Region 53,951 48.6 1,718 9,609 13,749
Region II - Cagayan Valley 32,597 55.7 2,587 7,460 7,774
Region III - Central Luzon 113,127 57.5 11,204 19,646 30,882
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 138,298 55.6 14,411 24,366 35,391
MIMAROPA Region 22,934 44.8 1,587 2,412 5,588
Region V - Bicol 50,410 42.5 2,708 5,059 13,502
Region VI - Western Visayas 71,688 47.7 5,947 10,205 17,670
Region VII - Central Visayas 67,814 41.3 4,081 6,817 16,098
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 34,927 39.5 1,593 3,159 7,996
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 28,783 42.5 3,054 3,053 5,942
Region X - Northern Mindanao 40,666 49.9 3,412 5,457 10,788
Region XI - Davao 43,437 44.7 3,648 4,611 11,058
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 32,410 46.1 3,168 5,405 5,310
Region XIII - Caraga 23,080 55.8 1,245 4,268 6,314
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 6,662 40.8 320 700 1,583
Foreign Countries 226 65.0 42 31 56
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the country and submitt
Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
dence (Region), Philippines: 2021
Unattended Not Stated

Others % Number % Number

19,048 397,994 24,651

2.2 45.3 2.8
3,018 30.4 31,997 1.3 1,404
2,033 35.7 4,723 1.5 192
1,142 47.9 25,837 3.5 1,896
320 40.9 13,338 3.4 1,118
3,307 38.7 43,818 3.8 4,270
2,770 42.6 58,861 1.8 2,499
683 53.4 12,256 1.8 408
173 55.2 27,808 2.3 1,160
354 48.7 34,898 3.6 2,614
1,040 56.1 38,075 2.5 1,703
1,053 58.0 20,258 2.5 868
176 52.1 14,997 5.4 1,561
648 45.0 18,298 5.1 2,063
82 52.5 22,822 2.8 1,216
1,069 52.6 17,032 1.3 426
1,047 40.7 9,387 3.5 819

115 52.8 3,517 6.4 427

18 31.9 72 3.1 7
gistrars throughout the country and submitted to the
Table 6. Number and Percent Share of Registered Deaths by Site and Place of Occurrence (Region), Philippines: 20
Site of Occurrence
Place of Occurrence (Region) Total
Health Facilities Home
Total 879,429 327,136 546,038
% to Total 100.0 37.2 62.1
National Capital Region 116,916 61.2 38.1
Cordillera Administrative Region 13,118 42.0 57.6
Region I - Ilocos Region 53,689 31.6 68.2
Region II - Cagayan Valley 32,408 36.0 63.3
Region III - Central Luzon 111,572 38.8 60.3
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 130,385 33.7 66.0
MIMAROPA Region 22,601 31.3 68.2
Region V - Bicol 49,959 32.8 66.9
Region VI - Western Visayas 71,369 32.0 67.3
Region VII - Central Visayas 67,956 30.5 69.0
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 34,731 28.1 71.5
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 28,459 29.0 70.2
Region X - Northern Mindanao 40,704 37.6 62.1
Region XI - Davao 43,923 33.7 62.3
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 32,120 29.1 70.3
Region XIII - Caraga 22,725 33.1 66.5
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 6,794 31.3 67.8
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the
country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
0.0 - less than 0.05
Region), Philippines: 2021
Site of Occurrence
Others Not stated
6,033 222
0.7 0.0
0.7 0.0
0.4 0.0
0.2 0.0
0.4 0.3
0.9 0.0
0.3 0.0
0.5 0.0
0.4 0.0
0.7 0.0
0.5 0.0
0.4 0.0
0.6 0.2
0.3 0.0
4.0 0.0
0.6 0.0
0.3 0.0
0.8 0.1
throughout the
Table 7. Number and Percent Share of Infant Deaths by Sex and Usual Residence (Region), Philippines: 2021
Number Percent
Usual Residence (Region)
Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes
Total 18,607 10,678 7,929 100.0
National Capital Region 2,839 1,610 1,229 15.3
Cordillera Administrative Region 245 137 108 1.3
Region I - Ilocos Region 1,040 599 441 5.6
Region II - Cagayan Valley 507 302 205 2.7
Region III - Central Luzon 2,259 1,285 974 12.1
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 3,232 1,903 1,329 17.4
MIMAROPA Region 495 285 210 2.7
Region V - Bicol 1,235 686 549 6.6
Region VI - Western Visayas 1,091 623 468 5.9
Region VII - Central Visayas 1,514 856 658 8.1
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 507 304 203 2.7
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 467 267 200 2.5
Region X - Northern Mindanao 952 536 416 5.1
Region XI - Davao 994 567 427 5.3
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 602 341 261 3.2
Region XIII - Caraga 405 240 165 2.2

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 223 137 86 1.2

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the
country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
lippines: 2021
Percent
Male Female
57.4 42.6
8.7 6.6
0.7 0.6
3.2 2.4
1.6 1.1
6.9 5.2
10.2 7.1
1.5 1.1
3.7 3.0
3.3 2.5
4.6 3.5
1.6 1.1
1.4 1.1
2.9 2.2
3.0 2.3
1.8 1.4
1.3 0.9

0.7 0.5
Table 8. Number and Percent Share of Maternal Deaths by Usual Residence
(Region), Philippines: 2021

Usual Residence (Region) Number Percent

Total 2,478 100.0

National Capital Region 314 12.7
Cordillera Administrative Region 32 1.3
Region I - Ilocos Region 110 4.4
Region II - Cagayan Valley 97 3.9
Region III - Central Luzon 304 12.3
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 392 15.8
MIMAROPA Region 76 3.1
Region V - Bicol 160 6.5
Region VI - Western Visayas 137 5.5
Region VII - Central Visayas 206 8.3
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 70 2.8
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 105 4.2
Region X - Northern Mindanao 117 4.7
Region XI - Davao 142 5.7
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 80 3.2
Region XIII - Caraga 90 3.6
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 45 1.8
Foreign Countries 1 0.0
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the
City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the country and submitted to the Office of the
Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
0.0 - less than 0.05
Table 9. Ten Leading Causes of Death by Sex, Philippines: 2021

Leading Cause/Sex Number Percent

BOTH SEXES
All causes of death 879,429 100.0
1–067 Ischaemic heart diseases 155,775 17.7
1–069 Cerebrovascular diseases 85,904 9.8
COVID-19 Virus identified 79,423 9.0
1–026 Neoplasms 69,541 7.9
1–052 Diabetes mellitus 55,636 6.3
1–066 Hypertensive diseases 48,647 5.5
1–074 Pneumonia 38,152 4.3
COVID-19 Virus not identified 33,349 3.8
1–076 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 24,976 2.8
1–086 Remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system 23,309 2.7
Other causes of death 264,717 30.1

MALE
All causes of death 491,053 100.0
1–067 Ischaemic heart diseases 89,485 18.2
1–069 Cerebrovascular diseases 48,760 9.9
COVID-19 Virus identified 42,988 8.8
1–026 Neoplasms 32,096 6.5
1–052 Diabetes mellitus 27,442 5.6
1–066 Hypertensive diseases 25,897 5.3
1–074 Pneumonia 19,486 4.0
COVID-19 Virus not identified 18,590 3.8
1–076 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 17,580 3.6
1–086 Remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system 14,145 2.9
Other causes of death 154,584 31.5

FEMALE
All causes of death 388,376 100.0
1–067 Ischaemic heart diseases 66,290 17.1
1–026 Neoplasms 37,445 9.6
1–069 Cerebrovascular diseases 37,144 9.6
COVID-19 Virus identified 36,435 9.4
1–052 Diabetes mellitus 28,194 7.3
1–066 Hypertensive diseases 22,750 5.9
1–074 Pneumonia 18,666 4.8
COVID-19 Virus not identified 14,759 3.8
1–068 Other heart diseases 11,165 2.9
1–086 Remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system 9,164 2.4
Other causes of death 106,364 27.4
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the City/Municipal
Civil Registrars throughout the country and submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General using
Certificate of Death-Municipal Form 103)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration
Causes of death are coded based on the ICD-10 Rules and Guidelines
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
were not included in the ten leading causes of death
Table 10. Number and Percent Share of Fetal Deaths by Usual
Residence of Mother (Region), Philippines: 2021

Usual Residence (Region) Number Percent

Total 9,524 100.0

National Capital Region 1,573 16.5
Cordillera Administrative Region 124 1.3
Region I - Ilocos Region 540 5.7
Region II - Cagayan Valley 188 2.0
Region III - Central Luzon 951 10.0
Region IV-A - CALABARZON 1,789 18.8
MIMAROPA Region 274 2.9
Region V - Bicol 808 8.5
Region VI - Western Visayas 606 6.4
Region VII - Central Visayas 894 9.4
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 248 2.6
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 163 1.7
Region X - Northern Mindanao 379 4.0
Region XI - Davao 515 5.4
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 277 2.9
Region XIII - Caraga 141 1.5
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 10 0.1
Foreign Countries 44 0.5
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (Data on deaths are those registered at the Office of the
City/Municipal Civil Registrars throughout the country and submitted to the Office of the
Civil Registrar General using Certificate of Fetal Death-Municipal Form 103A)
Note: Figures are results of actual registration without any adjustment for under registration