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INFANT MORTALITY

Number & Rate per 1000 livebirths


Philippines, 2018- 2020

Year Infant Deaths No. of Livebirths


Number Rate
2020 16,885 11.0 1,528,684
2019 21,723 13.0 1,674,302
2018 21,019 12.6 1,668,120

Source: 2020 Philippine Health Statistics - DOH


MORTALITY: TEN (10) LEADING CAUSES BY SEX
Number, Rate/100,000 Population & Percent Distribution
Philippines, 2020

Male Female Both Sexes


C A U S E OF D E A T H
Number Number Number Rate Percent*

1. Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 62,171 43,110 105,281 96.8 17.1

2. Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 36,593 27,788 64,381 59.2 10.5

3. Malignant Neoplasms (C00-C96) 29,132 33,443 62,575 57.5 10.2

4. Diabetes Mellitus (E10-E14) 20,090 19,794 39,884 36.7 6.5

5. Pneumonia (J12-J18) 17,621 16,684 34,305 31.5 5.6

6. Hypertensive diseases (I10-I13) 17,002 14,725 31,727 29.2 5.2

7. COVID-19, virus not identified (U07.2) 12,474 8,398 20,872 19.2 3.4

8. Other heart diseases (I26-I51) 11,072 9,545 20,617 19.0 3.4

9. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 14,691 5,908 20,599 18.9 3.4

10. Remainder of diseases of the genitourinary system (N17-N98) 11,069 7,476 18,545 17.0 3.0

* percent share from total deaths, all causes, Philippines (N=613,936)


Source: 2020 Philippine Health Statistics - DOH

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