According to the data generated from the Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Guimaras Provincial Statistical Office, the province of Guimaras registered 1,169 death cases in 2024. Of these deaths, 58.08 percent or 679 deaths were male and 41.92 percent, or 490 deaths were female, with a gender gap of 16.70 percent or a sex ratio of 139 males to every 100 females. (Figure 1)

In 2024, the total number of registered deaths rose by 4.47 percent compared to 2023, increasing from 1,119 deaths in 2023 to 1,169 deaths in 2024. Female deaths saw a significant rise of 11.62 percent, climbing from 490 in 2023 to 679 in 2024. In contrast, male deaths experienced a slight decline, decreasing by one death case, or 0.15 percent, in 2024.

Registered Deaths by Municipality in Guimaras: 2024

In 2024, the municipality of Jordan recorded the highest number of deaths in Guimaras, accounting for 53.0 percent with 619 registered deaths. Buenavista followed with 256 deaths, making up 21.9 percent of the total. Nueva Valencia ranked third, contributing 13.3 percent. Sibunag had the lowest number, with just 54 deaths, or 4.6 percent, while San Lorenzo recorded 7.2 percent of the total deaths.

Jordan records highest death cases in 2024

Only two municipalities in Guimaras recorded an increase in the number of registered death cases in 2024, Jordan which posted the highest increment of 16.57 percent, and Buenavista by 2.40 percent.

Meanwhile, the following municipalities recoded declines in 2024: 

• Nueva Valencia, with 12.85 percent decline; 

• Sibunag with 18.18 percent decline; and 

• San Lorenzo which dropped by 9.68 percent.

More males died in Guimaras in 2024 with a gender gap of 16.17 percent or a sex ratio of 139 males for every 100 females.

All municipalities registered more male death cases than females, as shown in Table 2. Jordan recorded the largest gender gap at 23.42 percent, corresponding to a sex ratio of 161 males per 100 females.

Registered Deaths by Month of Occurrence

Throughout 2024, registered male deaths consistently outnumbered female deaths for eleven months, reflecting a male majority for most of the year. April and October saw the highest number of deaths for both genders, each recording 124 cases. While male deaths exceeded female deaths in every month except June, the overall trend remained in favor of a male majority.

The highest number of male deaths occurred in April with 71 cases, while the lowest was in December with just 49 deaths.

For female deaths, October recorded the highest number with 56 cases, while December had the fewest, with only 23 deaths.

TECHNICAL NOTES

Vital Statistics – are derived from information obtained at the time when the occurrences of vital events and their characteristics are inscribed in civil register. Vital acts and events are the birth, death and 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 a vital or civil registration and the resulting documents are vital records. 

Death - refers to the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (postnatal cessation of vital function without capability of resuscitation).