Data on births presented in this release were obtained from the Certificates of Live Birth (Municipal Form 102) that were registered at the Office of the City/Municipal Civil Registrars and forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority - Provincial Statistical Offices in Ilocos Region. Information included births registered from April to June 2019 and from April to June 2020.

• The number of registered live births in Ilocos Region during the second quarter of 2020 summed up to 15,996 with a decrease of 31 percent from the same period in 2019.
• The daily average birth registration during the second quarter of 2020 was at 176 births.
• June was observed to have the highest average daily births at 215 babies.

• The highest number of registered live births during the second quarter of 2020 was recorded in June. The percent share of the total births in June to the quarterly totals were 40 percent in 2020.
• April was observed to have the least number of registered live births in the second quarter of 2020 with 3,736 births. While in 2019, June posted the least number of registered live births with 7,196.

• Pangasinan registered the highest number of births in the second quarter of 2020. Its share was more than half (60 percent share) of the total registered births in Ilocos Region.
• La Union ranked second with 2,583 births (16 percent share), followed by Ilocos Sur with 2,052 births (13 percent share) and the province of Ilocos Norte with 1,803 births (11 percent share).

Dagupan City tops with the most registered number of live births

• Among the cities/municipalities in the region, Dagupan City, Pangasinan registered the highest number of total live births with 2,253 births in 2nd Quarter 2020.
• San Carlos City, Pangasinan followed at 1,556 births; then City of San Fernando, La Union with 1,337 births; City of Urdaneta, Pangasinan with 996 births; City of Alaminos, Pangasinan with 813 births; City of Batac with 809 births; and Laoag City with 723 births.
• The rest of the municipalities had registered births less than six hundred. Of which, thirty-six (36) municipalities had registered less than ten births this quarter.

• Males outnumbered females in terms of registered live births in the second quarter of 2020. This data resulted to a sex ratio of 111 that translates to one hundred and eleven males in every one hundred females..
• Pangasinan posted a sex ratio of 113 which was higher than the regional ratio followed by La Union with a sex ratio of 111.
• Ilocos Sur followed at sex ratio equal to 108 and Ilocos Norte with a sex ratio of 105.