JORDAN, Guimaras – More males than females died in Guimaras in the first quarter of 2021 with a sex ratio of 140 male per 100 female deaths, data from the Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.
“From January to March 2021 there were a total of 276 registered deaths 161 of which were males while 115 were females,” said Provincial Statistical Officer Nelida Losare.
Male deaths accounted at 58.33%, most of which came from the municipality of Jordan (with 55 or 34.16%), followed by Buenavista (45 or 27.17%), Nueva Valencia (26 or17.3%), San Lorenzo (26 or 16.15%), and Sibunag (seven or 4.35%).
On female deaths, there were 41.67% registered in the first quarter. Buenavista got the highest expiries at 37 or 32.17%, followed by Jordan (31 or 26.6%), Nueva Valencia (26 or 22.61%), San Lorenzo (14 or 12.17%) and Sibunag (seven or 6.09%).
Majority of the recorded male deaths were in the month of January with 55 or 45.34%, followed by March with a total of 55 or 34.16% fatalities, and February with 33 or 20.50% deaths.
On female deaths, February and March recorded the same number of fatalities at 40 or 34.78%, and January with 35 or 30.43%.
“The recorded sex ratio of 140 male per 100 female deaths, registered a gender gap of 16.67% which means that, male death cases are higher by 16.67% than female deaths or around 46 cases more than females,” Losare explained.
Comparing death occurrences from the same quarter a year ago, males still outnumbered females with 170 men and 107 women live births registered.
“Death is registered by place of occurrence or where it took place, meaning not all deaths registered in the municipality are local residents,” said Losare./PN
