Philippines (the)
Philippines (the)
CRVS activities in the Philippines are coordinated by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). It is up to the Department of Foreign Affairs to register the vital events of the over 10 million Filipinos currently living abroad and forward this information to the PSA. Since 1930 it has been compulsory to register all births, deaths and marriages. Marriages must be registered within 15 days, while births and deaths must be reported within 30 days. Registrations are performed at over 1634 Local Government Units (LGUs) by resident Local Civil Registry Offices (LCROs). Registration of vital events is usually free, but some LGUs charge 20 to 50 pesos. In addition, mobile registrations and mass weddings are organized on occasion. The LCRO checks submitted registration forms for accuracy and completeness, then records them into a Registry Book, assigns a Registry Number and uploads the information to the Philippine Civil Registry Information System (PhilCRIS), a centralized database. A complete Vital Statistics Report is published every year but with a two years lag for the data.
The Inter-Agency Committee on CRVS was established in 2015. The following government agencies are represented: PSA, Department of Health, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Justice, Department of Education, Department of Social and Welfare Development, Department of Interior and Local Government, Office of the Cabinet Secretary and the Commission on Population.
CRVS Focal Point:
Ms. Marizza Grande, Assistant National Statistician, Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA)
RSG Member:
Mr. Claire Dennis Mapa, Undersecretary, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority
Philippines (the)
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
1.A
By 2024, at least 99 percent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
1.B
By 2024, at least 99.5 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
1.C
By 2024, at least 99.5 percent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
1.D
By 2024, at least 90 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
1.E
By 2024, at least 85 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 Targets:
2.A
By 2024, at least 99.5 percent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.
2.B
By 2024, at least 90 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 Targets:
3.A
By 2015, annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources
3.B
By 2024, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.
3.C
By 2024, at least 100 percent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate)
3.D
By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced by 50 per cent compared with the baseline year.
3.E
By 2024, at least 85 per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.
3.F
By 2018, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.
3.G
By 2017, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.
3.H
By 2019, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
National Targets:
1.A
By 2024, at least 99 percent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of births for all years. The level of completeness of birth registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
BASELINE
201482%
MIDTERM
201791%
TARGET
202499%
1.B
By 2024, at least 99.5 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
MIDTERM
201791.8%
TARGET
202499.5%
1.C
By 2024, at least 99.5 percent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
baseline
201094%
MIDTERM
201595%
TARGET
202499.5%
1.D
By 2024, at least 90 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of deaths for all years. The level of completeness of death registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
baseline
201498%
MIDTERM
201897%
TARGET
202490%
1.E
By 2024, at least 85 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2017100%
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.
National Targets:
2.A
By 2024, at least 99.5 percent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.
baseline
201091.9%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
202499.5%
2.B
By 2024, at least 90 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.
baseline
201096.6%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
202490%
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.
National Targets:
3.A
By 2015, annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources
TARGET
2015
3.B
By 2024, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.C
By 2024, at least 100 percent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate)
Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
baseline
201034.2%
TARGET
2024100%
3.D
By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced by 50 per cent compared with the baseline year.
baseline
20102.7%
MIDTERM
20172.7%
TARGET
20241.3%
3.E
By 2024, at least 85 per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.
Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
2024Yes
3.F
By 2018, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.G
By 2017, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.H
By 2019, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.
TARGET
2019
Philippines (the)
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Comprehensive Assessment
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National Targets for 2024
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Monitoring & Reporting Plan
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Inequality Assessment
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National Strategy
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National Focal Point
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Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
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Philippines (the) Events
09 December 2015 - 10 December 2015
The workshop for National CRVS Focal Points is aimed at strengthening capacities for setting national targets and collecting, compiling and…
18 October 2017 - 20 October 2017
The Regional Steering Group provides guidance for the implementation of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in…
17 September 2019 - 19 September 2019
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight October 2019)
The Regional Steering Group is responsible for providing regional oversight and guidance for the…
13 November 2018 - 15 November 2018
The Regional Steering Group is responsible for providing regional oversight and guidance for the implementation of the Regional Action…
07 February 2023 - 09 February 2023
An initial meeting of the SEA registrars will be organized with support of the Philippines Statistics Authority on 7-9 February 2023 in Manila and…
04 December 2023 - 06 December 2023
The first three-day national capacity building workshop will be a hands-on workshop, which is designed based on the needs of the country and aligned…
The closing national capacity building workshop is continuing from the previous workshop, which was designed based on the needs of the country…
Second National Capacity Building Workshop for the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inequality Assessment Project, 23-25 January…
Philippines (the) News
30 August 2024
The deadline for the questionnaire submission is approaching. A Stats Cafe is being held on 2 September to support countries in these efforts.…
30 August 2024
The challenge the Philippines is facing in terms of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) include the current law that hampers affordable…
24 May 2024
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24 May 2024
Newsletter May 2024
As part of ongoing efforts to enhance the CRVS system in the Philippines, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) in…
01 February 2024
ESCAP, in collaboration with the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA), and with the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H)…
31 December 2023
The UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam organized the Southeast…
31 December 2023
Following the initial workshop on Inequality Assessment in the Philippines, ESCAP, in collaboration with the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA),…
20 October 2023
(Newsletter October 2023)
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20 October 2023
(Newsletter October 2023)
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) celebrated a significant milestone with the conduct of the 3rd National…
17 May 2023
(Newsletter May 2023)
The regional workshop for the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Inequality Assessment project in Asia and the…
17 May 2023
(Newsletter May 2023)
The ninth meeting of the Regional Steering Group (RSG) for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the…
05 April 2023
(Newsletter April 2023)
The Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) is undertaking legal reviews to support the development of more effective CRVS…
16 February 2023
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight February 2023)
A meeting of South East Asia (SEA) civil registrars was organized from 7-9 February 2023 in Manila. The…
25 October 2022
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight October 2022)
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) organized the second national CRVS convention on 6-7 October 2022…
20 October 2021
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight October 2022)
The preparations for the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific are nearly complete…
24 November 2020
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight November (2) 2020)
In a major step toward universal registration, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that…
08 February 2019
Between 28 - 30 January, in Bangkok, Thailand, Vital Strategies and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (…
01 February 2018
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight March 2018)
Every year since 1991 'February' is declared the Civil Registration Month (CRM) in the Philippines.…
24 October 2017
In the following interviews held on the sidelines of the Third meeting of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific,…
11 October 2017
Expert Talks: Understanding civil registration and vital statistics systems is a series of 22 short interviews with CRVS experts from around the…
03 April 2017
Do you want to know how many countries in Asia and the Pacific have a CRVS coordination mechanism? Are you interested in how ambitious the national…
08 March 2017
The Philippines Statistics Authority created a video highlighting the importance of Civil Registration, how and where to do this and who to ask…
09 May 2016
This workshop joins ESCAP's latest efforts to improve CRVS in the region by using an Enterprise Architecture approach on the…
29 April 2016
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19 April 2016
On 18-19 April, ESCAP convened a regional workshop for countries who received small grants to support national CRVS improvement activities. The…
01 January 2014
President Benigno Aquino III officially declared the years 2015 to 2024 as the “civil registration and vital statistics decade” in the Philippines.…
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Journals, Articles and Working Papers, 2023
This paper will be presented at the Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum, held online on 3–4 April 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. This paper is…
Report, 2023
This paper will be presented at the Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum, held online on 3–4 April 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. This paper is…
Presentations, 2023
Philippines country presentation at the Meeting of Civil Registrars in South-East Asia, Manila, Philippines, 7-9 February 2023. It was presented by…
Presentations, 2023
Philippines country presentation by Engr. Marizza B. Grande Assistant National Statistician Philippine Statistics Authority, at the Meeting…
Country Assessments and Strategies, 2020
Meeting Documents, 2024
This resource provides a full list of members for the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific. The list includes members for the…
Newsletters, 2019
Articles
CRVS Programme's Implementation is a top priority in Pakistan
Looking at the numbers in the Philippines
Call for Proposal from the…
Newsletters, 2018
Articles
Philippines: 2018 Civil Registration Month Celebrations
New World Bank publications on civil registration
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Seminar on…
International Standards and Recommendations, Meeting Documents, Presentations, 2017
UN Statistics Division organized a workshop on the Operation of Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity Management Systems in East…
Newsletters, 2017
Articles
Third meeting of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific
New video series on CRVS systems
High-level panelists…
Presentations, 2014
Philippines’ country presentation made at the Technical Seminar on Legal Framework for Civil Registration, Vital Statistics and Identity…
Advocacy Materials, 2017
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics play a key role in facilitating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. A well-functioning CRVS…
Newsletters, 2017
Articles
Smart phone app to revolutionize the birth registration system in Pakistan
Afghanistan making strides towards universal registration…
Advocacy Materials, 2014
An effective Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system helps secure a person’s legal identity, tracks the major events of an individual’s…
Presentations, 2016
The Philippine Statistics Authority's presentation made at the Expert Group Meeting on "Methodology and lessons learned to evaluate the completeness…
Newsletters, 2017
Articles
Getting Every One in the Picture- What is 'universal registration' ?
Who is your national CRVS focal point?
Trial of data sharing in…
Advocacy Materials, Country Assessments and Strategies, 2017
Do you want to know how many countries in Asia and the Pacific have a CRVS coordination mechanism? Are you interested in how ambitious the national…
Country Assessments and Strategies, Presentations, 2015
The Philippines' country presentation made at the 1st Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Meeting, Bangkok, 28…
Country Assessments and Strategies, Meeting Documents, 2014
A global meeting on civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) took place in Addis Ababa from 28-29 April 2014, co-hosted by the UN Economic…
Meeting Documents, Report, 2014
A global meeting on civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) took place in Addis Ababa from 28-29 April 2014, co-hosted by the UN Economic…
Newsletters, 2016
Articles
Opportunities: Working with CRVS
Regional Partnership meeting on Civil registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific
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Country Assessments and Strategies, 2017
In line with their strong commitment to improving civil registration and vital statistics, the Philippines has identified six interventions to…
Presentations, 2014
A Joint Presentation of Philippine Statistics Authority (PIA) and Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS…
Meeting Documents, UN Official Documents, 2016
The seventy-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific adopted resolution 71/14 on the Asian and Pacific Civil…
Presentations, 2014
This material was presented at the This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28…
International Standards and Recommendations, UN Official Documents, 2014
Through Commission resolution 69/15, countries in Asia and the Pacific requested that further regional action be taken to support the improvement of…
Meeting Documents, 2010
This publication serves as a report of an Expert Roundtable that was held in Bangkok on the 28th and 29th of October 2010 to discuss initiatives in…
Newsletters, 2015
Articles
President declares 2015-2024 as CRVS decade in Philippines
Guidelines for setting and monitoring the goals and targets of the Regional…
Country Assessments and Strategies, 2015
As part of the reporting structure of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific, by the…
Country Statements, 2014
The Philippines issued this statement in the Ministerial Conference agenda item 6 regarding the State of civil registration and vital statistics in…
Country Statements, 2014
Country statement delivered during the Ministerial Conference under agenda item 4 - Implementation of the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia…
Meeting Documents, 2014
Advocacy Materials, Meeting Documents, 2014
The Ministerial Declaration to "Get every one in the picture' in Asia and the Pacific was made at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration…
Meeting Documents, Report, UN Official Documents, 2014
The Report of the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific gives an overview of the main outcomes of…
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