Guimaras’ deaths up by 55.45 percent; cardio diseases, pneumonia leading causes

Deaths in Guimaras increased by 55.45 percent in the second quarter of 2021 with Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (HCD) (62 cases), and Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) (61 cases) as the top leading causes of mortality mostly among males, according to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Cerebrovascular Accident Probably Hemorrhage claimed more males than females with a larger gender gap of 25.49 percentage points.

Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia had the least gender gap of 8.20 percentage points among the males and female fatalities. (See Table 1)

The PSA data also showed that the number of deaths increased each month in the second quarter if compared to the same quarter a year ago – 31.51% for April, 62.12% for May, and 71.60 for June.

342 deaths were recorded in Guimaras in Q2 2021, higher than the 220 deaths in the same quarter last year.  (See Figure 1)

“Data also revealed that more males who died than females in the second quarter of both years,” Provincial Statistical Officer Nelida B. Losare said.

“For Q2 2020, there were 138 males and 82 female fatalities, while for Q2 2021, there were 212 registered deceased, wherein 61.99% were males, and 130 or 31.08% were females,” Losare added.

Losare also said that for Q2 2021, the recorded sex ratio is 163 males per 100 female deaths, which means that male fatalities are higher by around 82 cases, or 23.98% more than females. (See Table 2)

“Comparing death occurrences for Q2 2020 and 2021, the registered deaths for all the five municipalities increased,” Losare said.

Jordan recorded the most fatalities in both years: 90 in Q2 2020 and 118 deaths in Q2 2021, while Buenavista registered 50 and 90 deaths in the same reference quarters, respectively.

“Nueva Valencia registered deaths with 41 in Q2 2020 to 77 Q2 of the current year, while San Lorenzo got 21 and 29 deceased in the same reference quarters,” Losare said.

“Sibunag municipality registered the least expiries for both years, 18 deceases in 2020, and 28 in 202,” Losare added.