Data on deaths presented in this release were obtained from the Certificate of Death  (Municipal Form 103) 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 deaths registered in January 2019 and in January 2020.

Registered deaths in the region surpassed three thousand in January 2020

• Ilocos Region registered a total of 3,796 deaths in January 2020.
• Pangasinan topped the highest number of deaths in January 2020.  Its share was more than half (56 percent) of the total registered deaths in the region at 2,134 deaths.  
• La Union ranked second with 665 deaths (18 percent). 
• Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur followed with 499 deaths (13 percent) and 498 (13 percent), respectively. 

Dagupan City tops with the most registered number of deaths

• Among cities/municipalities in the region, Dagupan City, Pangasinan registered the highest number of deaths with 443 deaths in January 2020.
• City of San Fernando, La Union followed at 326 deaths; then San Carlos City, Pangasinan with 220 deaths; City of Batac, Ilocos Norte with 191 deaths; and City of Urdaneta, Pangasinan with 122 deaths.  

Males outnumber females in terms of registered deaths

• Males (2,136) outnumbered females (1,660) in terms of registered deaths  in January 2020.
• Pangasinan registered the most number of male deaths at 1,222 persons.  La Union followed at 373 deaths while Ilocos Sur listed the least number of male deaths at 268 persons.
• Among females, Pangasinan also registered the most number of registered deaths with 912 persons.  La Union ranked second with 292 female deaths while Ilocos Norte recorded the least number of females with 226 persons.

Deaths in the region were mostly medically attended

• There were 2,022 total registered deaths that were attended by medical practitioners.
• Deaths that were not medically attended reached up to 1,774.

Percentage of deaths attended by health professionals highest in La Union  

• La Union had the highest percentage of recorded deaths tended by health professionals with 73 percent of the total registered deaths in the province.
• In Ilocos Norte, health professionals attended to 59 percent of the deaths in the province.
• In Pangasinan, health professionals attended to 49 percent of the deaths in the province while 41 percent of the deaths registered in Ilocos Sur were attended by health professionals.  
• Among provinces, Pangasinan had the most number of deaths assisted by health professionals at 51 percent (1,040 deaths). 
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