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Registered marriages in Camarines Sur increases by 12.83 percent

In Camarines Sur, there were 9,782 registered marriages in 2016, an increase of 12.83 percent from the previous year’s figure of 8,670.

Twenty-seven out of 37 cities/municipalities have increasing number of registered marriages from 2015 to 2016. The biggest increase was noted in Presentacion from 92 to 269 marriages (192.4 percent). This was followed by Cabusao from 78 to 148 marriages (89.7 percent), and Gainza from 27 to 51 marriages (88.9 percent).

Conversely, the municipality of Garchitorena posted the biggest decrease during the period from 136 to 57 marriages (58.1 percent), followed by Tinambac from 414 to 182 marriages (56.0 percent), and by Ocampo from 274 to 145 marriages (47.1 percent).

Registered Marriage Certificates 2015-2016

SOURCE: Preliminary results from the Decentralized Vital Statistics System 2011, Philippine Statistics Authority, Camarines Sur

FIGURE 1. Number of Registered Marriages by City/Municipality, Camarines Sur: 2015-2016

SR No. 2017-44 MAY 2017


TABLE 1. Number and Percent Distribution of Registered Marriages by City/ Municipality, Camarines Sur: 2015-2016

The number of registered marriages in Naga City went up to 1,184 in 2016 from 1,138 in 2015. It remained as the city with the most number of registered marriages in the province for both years. The Capital Town of Pili ranked second with 612 marriages (6.3 percent share) followed closely by Calabanga with 584 marriages (6.0 percent share). In 2015, Tinambac ranked second with 414 marriages or 4.8 percent share while Iriga City ranked third with 492 marriages or 5.7 percent share.

On the other end, the municipality of Gainza posted the least number of registered marriages in 2015 and 2016 with 27 (0.3 percent) and 51 (0.5 percent), respectively.

City/ Municipality Number Percent

Percent Change 2015-2016 2016 2015 2016 2015

CAMARINES SUR 9,782 8,670 100 100

Baao 299 246 3.1 2.8 21.5

Balatan 146 159 1.5 1.8 -8.2

Bato 177 170 1.8 2.0 4.1

Bombon 88 68 0.9 0.8 29.4

Buhi 297 334 3.0 3.9 -11.1

Bula 323 313 3.3 3.6 3.2

Cabusao 148 78 1.5 0.9 89.7

Calabanga 584 338 6.0 3.9 72.8

Camaligan 134 154 1.4 1.8 -13.0

Canaman 182 151 1.9 1.7 20.5

Caramoan 179 108 1.8 1.2 65.7

Del Gallego 125 69 1.3 0.8 81.2

Gainza 51 27 0.5 0.3 88.9

Garchitorena 57 136 0.6 1.6 -58.1

Goa 205 177 2.1 2.0 15.8

Iriga City 558 492 5.7 5.7 13.4

Lagonoy 305 258 3.1 3.0 18.2

Libmanan 512 339 5.2 3.9 51.0

Lupi 129 178 1.3 2.1 -27.5

Magarao 128 119 1.3 1.4 7.6

Milaor 154 152 1.6 1.8 1.3

Minalabac 211 171 2.2 2.0 23.4

Nabua 354 331 3.6 3.8 6.9

Naga City 1,184 1,138 12.1 13.1 4.0

Ocampo 145 274 1.5 3.2 -47.1

Pamplona 133 140 1.4 1.6 -5.0

Pasacao 266 201 2.7 2.3 32.3

Pili 612 373 6.3 4.3 64.1

Presentacion 269 92 2.7 1.1 192.4

Ragay 348 286 3.6 3.3 21.7

Sagñay 148 94 1.5 1.1 57.4

San Fernando 150 178 1.5 2.1 -15.7

San Jose 308 295 3.1 3.4 4.4

Sipocot 440 292 4.5 3.4 50.7

Siruma 59 45 0.6 0.5 31.1

Tigaon 192 280 2.0 3.2 -31.4

Tinambac 182 414 1.9 4.8 -56.0



TABLE 2. Number of Registered Marriages and Crude Marriage Rate by City/Municipality, Camarines Sur: 2016

In 2016, the rate at which couples are marrying or the Crude Marriage Rate (CMR) was 4.9. This means that there were five (5) marriages per 1000 persons in the province.

Presentacion posted the highest CMR at 12.7 followed by Cabusao at 8 and San Jose at 7.5 while the coastal town of Garchitorena recorded the lowest CMR at 2 marriages per 1000 population.

City/ Municipality Number of Marriages

Population Estimates in 2016

Crude Marriage Rate

CAMARINES SUR 9,782 1,978,318 4.9

Baao 299 59,620 5.0

Balatan 146 31,364 4.7

Bato 177 52,898 3.3

Bombon 88 16,725 5.3

Buhi 297 77,799 3.8

Bula 323 69,701 4.6

Cabusao 148 18,463 8.0

Calabanga 584 84,004 7.0

Camaligan 134 24,480 5.5

Canaman 182 34,569 5.3

Caramoan 179 48,129 3.7

Del Gallego 125 25,867 4.8

Gainza 51 11,446 4.5

Garchitorena 57 27,369 2.1

Goa 205 64,264 3.2

Iriga City 558 112,908 4.9

Lagonoy 305 56,192 5.4

Libmanan 512 110,455 4.6

Lupi 129 32,572 4.0

Magarao 128 25,974 4.9

Milaor 154 31,689 4.9

Minalabac 211 53,239 4.0

Nabua 354 84,612 4.2

Naga City 1,184 200,295 5.9

Ocampo 145 46,407 3.1

Pamplona 133 36,768 3.6

Pasacao 266 49,648 5.4

Pili 612 90,996 6.7

Presentacion 269 21,187 12.7

Ragay 348 58,860 5.9

Sagñay 148 35,199 4.2

San Fernando 150 35,649 4.2

San Jose 308 41,037 7.5

Sipocot 440 65,011 6.8

Siruma 59 17,903 3.3

Tigaon 192 56,643 3.4

Tinambac 182 68,599 2.7



April was the most preferred month to tie the knot in 2016 with a daily average of 54 marriages. March ranked second with a daily average of 42 marriages, followed closely by the month of May with 41 daily average of marriage occurrences.

The least number of marriage occurrences in 2016 was the month of November with a daily average of 13 marriages, followed by the months of July and August both posting a daily average of 14 marriages.

The favorite month of couples to tie the knot in 2015 was the month of May with a daily average of 37 marriages. The months of April with a daily average of 32 and January with a daily average of 31 ranked second and third, respectively. The least favored month for marriage was the month of August with a daily average of 13 marriages followed by the month of November posting a daily average of 18 marriages.

TABLE 3. Number and Daily Average of Registered Marriages

by Month, Camarines Sur: 2015-2016

Month of Registration Number Daily Average

2016 2015 2016 2015

CAMARINES SUR 9,782 8,670 27 24

January 1,199 973 39 31

February 581 559 20 20

March 1,314 663 42 21

April 1,615 971 54 32

May 1,261 1,152 41 37

June 811 815 27 27

July 441 694 14 22

August 424 413 14 13

September 446 612 15 20

October 535 590 17 19

November 379 525 13 18

December 776 703 25 23

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Marriages officiated in Roman Catholic Church topped the list of marriages in 2016. It comprised 4,700 marriages or 48.05 percent share of the total reported marriages. Marriages performed in civil rites ranked second with 4,567 marriages or 46.69 percent share followed by other religious rites with 510 or 5.21 percent share.

Similarly in 2015, marriage contracted through Roman Catholic Church registered the highest with 4,295 marriages or 49.54 percent share, followed by civil rites with 4,013 marriages or 46.29 percent share.

There was no report of marriages carried out under tribal rites for both in year 2015 and 2016.

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TABLE 4. Number and Percent Distribution of Registered Marriages

by Type of Ceremony and by City/Municipality, Camarines Sur: 2015-2016

Type of Ceremony Number Percent

2016 2015 2016 2015

Total 9,782 8,670 100 100

Roman Catholic 4,700 4,295 48.05 49.54

Civil 4,567 4,013 46.69 46.29

Muslim 4 3 0.04 0.03

Tribal 0 0 0 0

Other Religious Rites

510 359 5.21 4.14

Not Stated 1 0 0.01 0

FIGURE 3. Number of Registered Marriages by Type of Ceremony, Camarines Sur: 2015-2016




In 2016, the median age at marriage for

brides and grooms were 26 and 28,

respectively. The most number of brides in 2016

got married at ages 20 to 24 years (3,626 or

37.1 percent) while the most number of grooms

belonged to ages 25 to 29 years (3,541 or 36.2

percent). Moreover, the number of teenage

brides (872 or 8.9 percent) was five times more

than the number of teenage grooms (174 or 1.8

percent). Teenage are those at the under 20

age group.

TABLE 5. Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages by Age Group of Bride and Groom, Camarines Sur: 2016

Age Group

Bride Groom

Number Percent Number Percent

CAMARI-NES SUR

9,782 100.0 9,782 100.0

Under 20 872 8.9 174 1.8

20-24 3,626 37.1 2,495 25.5

25-29 3,087 31.6 3,541 36.2

30-34 1,293 13.2 2,023 20.7

35-39 496 5.1 827 8.5

40-44 174 1.8 315 3.2

45-49 99 1.0 145 1.5

50-54 55 0.6 102 1.0

55-59 42 0.4 69 0.7

60-64 19 0.2 41 0.4

65-69 12 0.1 22 0.2

70-74 4 0.0 19 0.2

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On the contrary, at age 50 years old

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FIGURE 4. Percent Distribution of Marriages by Age of Bride and Groom, Camarines Sur: 2016



In 2016, there were 9,782 marriages in Camarines Sur, 91.6 percent of which is registered timely which is lower than the percentage of timely registered in 2015 (91.7 percent). The percentage of late registered marriages in 2016 (8.4 percent) is higher than in 2015 (8.3 percent). Timely registered marriages are those registered within the prescribed reglementary period. Specifically, for those regular marriages, or those requiring marriage licenses, registration should be made within 15 days, while those marriages of exceptional character, registration should be made within 30 days.

TABLE 6. Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages by Registration Status, Camarines Sur: 2015 – 2016

Data on marriages presented in this release were obtained from the Certificate of

Marriage (Municipal Form No. 97) that were registered at the Office of the City/Municipal

Civil Registrars in Camarines Sur and forwarded to the Philippine Statistics Authority –

Camarines Sur Provincial Statistical Office. Information presented includes registered

marriages which occurred from January to December 2016.

Registration Status NUMBER PERCENT

2016 2015 2016 2015

TOTAL 9,782 8,670 100.0 100.0

Timely 8,958 7,950 91.6 91.7

Late 824 720 8.4 8.3

Not Stated 0 0 0 0


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