A death certificate records the passing away of an individual.

The province of Siquijor has registered a total number of 818 deaths from January to December 2020.

The municipality of Siquijor recorded the highest number of deaths with 232, followed by the municipalities of Lazi and Maria with 170 and 128 deaths, respectively.

The municipalities of San Juan and Larena recorded 125 and 109 deaths while the municipality of Enrique Villanueva had the lowest number of deaths recorded, with only 54 deaths. (Figure I)

Meanwhile, between January to March 2020, the municipality of Siquijor recorded the highest number of deaths, with 49, followed by Lazi and Maria, with 42 and 35 deaths respectively,

The municipality of San Juan reported 32 deaths, 23 deaths in the municipality of Larena, and 11 deaths in the municipality of Enrique Villanueva. (Figure 2)

Furthermore, the municipality of Siquijor continued to have the highest number of deaths from April-June 2020 with 61 deaths, followed by Maria with 37, Lazi with 35, San Juan with 27, Larena with 25, and Enrique Villanueva with 15 deaths recorded. (Figure 3)

On the other hand, between July-September, still the municipality of Siquijor had the most deaths recorded, with 62, while the municipality of Lazi had 48 deaths. The municipality of San Juan had reported 36 deaths, while the municipalities of Larena and Maria both recorded 34 deaths. Meanwhile, the municipality of Enrique Villanueva recorded only 11 deaths. (Figure 4)

Moreover, during the last quarter of 2020, the municipality of Siquijor continued to have the highest number of deaths recorded with 60, followed by the municipality of Lazi with 45, and the municipality of San Juan with 30 deaths, 27 in Larena, 22 in Maria, and 17 in municipality Enrique Villanueva. (Figure 5)

Note:

Vital statistics are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in a civil register.

Vital acts and events are the births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and all such events that have something to do with an individual';s entrance and departure from life together with the changes in civil status that may occur to a person during his lifetime.

Recording of these events in the civil register is known as vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are called vital records. (PR/Anthony Ontolan and Rizalyn Teodora Postrado, PSA-Siquijor)