Live births in the region mostly attended by physicians

• Ilocos Region registered a total of 21,646 births for the fourth quarter of 2020.
• Out of the total registered births in the region for the fourth quarter of 2020, 19,403 live births (90 percent) were attended by medical practitioners, who may either be a physician, a nurse, or a midwife.
• Physicians topped the list of attendants at birth with 16,116 registered live births.
• Midwives attended to 3,240 registered live births in the region while nurses only attended to 47 registered live births.

La Union: highest percentage of birth deliveries attended by health professionals

• La Union had the highest percentage of birth deliveries attended by health professionals with 94 percent of the total registered live births in the province.  Ilocos Norte followed  at 91 percent
• In Pangasinan, there were 13,603 registered live births, 89 percent of it was attended at birth by health professionals.
• Health professionals in Ilocos Sur attended to 88 percent of the total live births in the province.

More than one thousand births attended at birth by unlicensed midwives 

• There were 2,197 registered live births in the region this fourth quarter of 2020 who were attended at birth by unlicensed midwives.  
• Ilocos Sur registered 303 live births attended at birth by unlicensed midwives.  That is eleven percent of the total registered live births in the province.
• Eight percent of the total registered live births in Ilocos Norte (183 live births) were attended at birth by unlicensed midwives this fourth quarter.
• La Union registered 187 live births (6 percent) in the province this quarter who were attended at birth by unlicensed midwives. 
• Eleven percent of the total registered live births in Pangasinan (1,524 live births) were attended at birth by unlicensed midwives this second quarter.

Most parents belong to the age group 25 to 29

• The registered live births in the region were mostly born to parents who  were aged 25 to 29 years old.   The highest proportion of fathers and mother belonged to age group 25 to 29 years (25 percent and 27 percent, respectively).
• The region registered a total of 2,098 teenage mother.
• The median age of mothers was 28 years old.  This means that half the number  of mothers was younger than 28 years old and half was older than 28 years old
• The median age of fathers was 30 years old.  This means that half the number  of fathers was younger than 30 years old and half was older than 30 years old

More than half of live births in the region were registered illegitimate

• There were 12,048 registered live births in the region who were listed as illegitimate. That is 56 percent of the total registered live births in the region.
• Illegitimate children were mostly born to mothers aged 20 to 24 years. 
• Mothers aged 25 to 29 years old had the highest number of legitimate children at 2,879 who were registered in the region during the fourth quarter of 2020.