A.

Philippine e Health Situation

1. Demographic Profile
o Provides information about the significant characteristics of the population that influences the
community needs and the delivery of health care needs.
 Population: 110,818,325
 Nationality: Filipino(s)
 Ethnic Groups: Tagalog 24.4%; Bisaya 11.4%; Cebuano 9.9%; Ilocano 8.8%;
Hiligaynon/Ilonggo 8.4%; Bikol/Bicol 6.8%; Waray 4%; Other Local Ethnicity 26.1%; Other
Foreign Ethnicity .1%
 Languages: Unspecified Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); Eight Major
Dialects: Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and
Pangasinan
 Religions: Roman Catholic 80.6%, Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical
Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%),
other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religion 0.2%, other 1.9%, none 0.1%
 Age structure:
 0-14 years: 32.42% (male 18,060,976/female 17,331,781)
 15-24 years: 19.16% (male 10,680,325/female 10,243,047)
 25-54 years: 37.37% (male 20,777,741/female 20,027,153)
 55-64 years: 6.18% (male 3,116,485/female 3,633,301)
 65 years and over: 4.86% (male 2,155,840/female 3,154,166)
 Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 55.2
 Youth dependency ratio: 46.6
 Elderly dependency ratio: 8.6
 Potential support ratio: 11.7 (2020 est.)
 Median age:
 Total: 24.1 years  Female: 24.6 years (2020 est.)
 Male: 23.6 years
 Population growth rate: 1.49% (2021 est.)
 Birth rate: 22.66 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
 Death rate: 5.99 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
 Net migration rate: -1.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
 Population Distribution: Population concentrated where good farmlands lie; highest
concentrations are northwest and south-central Luzon, the southeastern extension of Luzon, and
the islands of the Visayan Sea, particularly Cebu and Negros; Manila is home to one-eighth of the
entire national population.
 Urbanization:
 Urban population: 47.7% of total population (2021)
 Rate of urbanization: 2.04% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
 Major cities – population: 14.159 million Manila (capital); 1.866 million Davao; 994,000 Cebu
City; 931,000 Zamboanga; 903,000 Antipolo; 770,000 Cagayan de Oro City (2021)
 Sex ratio:
 At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female  65 years and over: 0.68
 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female male(s)/female
 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female  Total population: 1.01
 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female male(s)/female (2020 est.)
 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
 Mother's mean age at first birth: 23.5 years (2017 est.) Note: median age at first birth among
women 25-49
 Maternal mortality rate: 121 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
 Infant mortality rate:
 Total: 20.55 deaths/1,000 live births  Female: 17.46 deaths/1,000 live
 Male: 23.49 deaths/1,000 live births births (2021 est.)
 Life expectancy at birth:
 Total population: 70.32 years  Female: 74.03 years (2021 est.)
 Male: 66.78 years
 Total fertility rate: 2.89 children born/woman (2021 est.)
 Contraceptive prevalence rate: 54.1% (2017)
 Drinking water source:
o Improved:
 Urban: 97.7% of population  Total: 95.4% of population
 Rural: 92.7% of population
o Unimproved:
 Urban: 2.3% of population  Total: 4.6% of population (2017 est.)
 Rural: 7.3% of population
 Health expenditures: 4.4% (2018)
 Physicians’ density: 0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
 Hospital bed density: 1 beds/1,000 population (2014)
 Sanitation facility access:
o Improved:
 Urban: 95% of population  Total: 91.4% of population
 Rural: 88.2% of population
o Unimproved:
 Urban: 5% of population  Total: 8.6% of population (2017 est.)
 Rural: 11.8% of population
 HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2020 est.)
 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 120,000 (2020 est.)
 HIV/AIDS – deaths:1,600 <1,000 (2020 est.)
 Major infectious diseases degree of risk: high (2020)
 Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
 Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
 Water contact diseases: leptospirosis
 Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 6.4% (2016)
 Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 19.1% (2018)
 Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
 Total population: 98.2%
 Male: 98.1%
 Female: 98.2%
 School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education:
 Total: 13 year  Female: 15 years (2017)
 Male: 13 years
2. Health Profile
B. Top 10 leading causes of Morbidity in Philippines
 Acute Respiratory Infection  Influenza
 Acute Lower Respiratory Tract  Urinary Tract Infection
Infection and Pneumonia  TB Respiratory
 Bronchitis  Injuries
 Hypertension  Disease of the Heart
 Acute Watery Diarrhea
C. Top 10 causes of Mortality in Philippines
 Ischemic Heart Disease  Other Heart Disease
 Cerebrovascular Disease  Chronic lower Respiratory Disease
 Neoplasms  Remainder of disease of the
 Diabetes Mellitus Genitourinary System
 Hypertensive disease  Respiratory Tuberculosis
 Pneumonia
3. Enumerate the function of the Nurses in the Epidemiology
 Nurses identify people or population at high risk of the disease; they trace the contacts and keep
them under surveillance
 Nurses monitor the progression of the disease
 Nurses specify areas need of health care
 Nurses participate in data collection, data analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation
 Serves as a resource and plans educational programs
 They identify and investigate the problem, formulate alternative interventions and implement to
prevent and control the problem and evaluates the effectiveness of intervention.
 They evaluate the effectiveness of measures used to control specific disease or disorder
4. How to get GFR?
Formula for General Fertility Rate:
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
GFR=𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 15−44 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑔𝑒 × 1000

References:
https://dailynurse.com/epidemiology-nurse/?amp
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/01/25/2240134/covid-19-not-among-top-10-causes-death-
2022/amp/
https://www.indexmundi.com/philippines/demographics_profile.html
https://doh.gov.ph/Statistics/Leading-Causes-of-Morbidity
Famorca, Z., Nies, M., and McEwen, M. Nursing Care of the Community.
 A Requirement
Presented to the Faculty of
College of Health Sciences
Mindanao State University
Marawi City

In partial Fulfillment of the

Requirement for the Course
NSG 122 Section Hh (Community Health Nursing 2)
2nd Semester, AY 2022-2023

FATMAH HANNIYAH D. DIMAKUTA

PROF. NORHANIE A. LININDING

APRIL 2023