Child Mortality Rate:

Maternal Mortality Rate

FETAL DEATH RATE

AREA

Fetal Deaths

NCR (Metro Manila)

1,507

CAR (Cordillera)

118

Region 1 (Ilocos)

566

Region 2 (Cagayan
Valley)
Region 3 (Central Luzon)
Region 4A
(CALABARZON)

177
523
1,653

Region 4B (MIMAROPA)

246

Region 5 (Bicol)

461

Region 6 (Western
Visayas)
Region 7 (Central
Visayas)
Region 8 (Eastern
Visayas)
Region 9 (Zamboanga
Peninsula)
Region 10 (Northern
Mindanao)
Region 11 (Davao)

522

987

200

188

340
341

Region 12 (Soccsksargen)
CARAGA

160
101

ARMM

TOTAL

8,095
INFANT MORTALITY RATE

INFANT MORTALITY: TEN (10) LEADING CAUSES

NUMBER AND RATE/per 1000 live births AND PERCENTAGE
DISTRIBUTION
Philippines
Cause

Numbe Rat

Perce

nt

1. Bacterial sepsis of newborn

3,608

2.0

16.1

2. Pneumonia

2,628

1.5

11.7

3. Respiratory distress of newborn

2,526

1.4

11.2

4. Congenital malformation of the heart

1,572

0.9

7.0

1,487

0.8

6.6

6. Congenital pneumonia

1,095

0.6

4.9

7. Neonatal aspiration syndrome

1,079

0.6

4.8

950

0.5

4.2

5. Disorders related to short gestation and low

birth weight, not elsewhere classified

8. Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia

9. Other congenital malformations

941

0.5

4.2

900

0.5

4.0

10. Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed

infectious
Origin

INFANT MORBIDITY RATE

MORBIDITY: 10 Leading Causes, Number and Rate

Diseases
Number

Rate

1,289,168

1371.3

586,186

623.5

3. Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis

351,126

373.5

4. Hypertension

345,412

367.4

5. Acute Watery Diarrhea

326,551

347.3

1. Acute Respiratory Infection **

2. Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and

Pneumonia

6. Influenza

272,001

289.3

7. Urinary Tract Infection**

83,569

88.9

8. TB Respiratory

72,516

77.1

9. Injuries

51,201

54.5

10. Disease of the Heart

37,589

40.0