2007 Philippine Demographic Profile with Analysis

What is a Demographic Profile? It is a statistic record of a country, province or city with regard to its population, average life expectancy, dependency ratio (ratio of people who are economically functional and those people who are below the minimum working age), territory, population density, growth rate and vital statistics on health such as mortality(death), fertility(births), and mobidity(diseases).

Here's a copy of the latest Philippine Demographic Profile Retrieved from the CIA World Factbook:

Population - 97,976,603 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure
· 0-14 years: 35.2% (male 17,606,352/female 16,911,376)
· 15-64 years: 60.6% (male 29,679,327/female 29,737,919)
· 65 years and over: 4.1% (male 1,744,248/female 2,297,381) (2009 est.)
Median age
· total: 22.5 years
· male: 22 years
· female: 23 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
1.957% (2009 est.)
Birth rate
26.01 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate
5.15 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
· country comparison to the world: 133
Urbanization
· urban population: 65% of total population (2008)
· rate of urbanization:;; 3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio
· at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
· under 15 years:;; 1.04 male(s)/female
· 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
· 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
· total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
· total: 20.56 deaths/1,000 live births
· country comparison to the world: 104
· male: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births
· female: 17.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
· total population: 71.09 years
· country comparison to the world: 133
· male: 68.17 years
· female: 74.15 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.27 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - People living with HIV/AIDS
8,300 (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
· country comparison to the world: 119
Major infectious diseases
· degree of risk: high
· food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
· vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis
· water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
Nationality
· noun: Filipino(s)
· adjective: Philippine
Ethnic groups
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)
Religions
Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Languages
Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
Literacy
· definition: age 15 and over can read and write
· total population: 92.6%
· male: 92.5%
· female: 92.7% (2000 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
· total: 12 years
· male: 11 years
· female: 12 years (2006)
Education expenditures
· 2.5% of GDP (2005)

Based from the given data, we could see that our country is heavily populated, concentrated primarily urban areas (65% of the population). One reason for this are the economic opportunities whether be in education, trade and industry. Another surprising finding based from this record is the country's steady growth in the rate of urbanization which is 3% annually amidst the economic regression and the political hulabaloos, there must be something going right in our country.

If you also noticed, our population based on age structure comprises of 35.2% in the 0-14 age group, 60.6% in the 15-64 year age group and 4.1% in the 65 and above age group. This means that our population is concentrated on the 15-64 year old age group which is also the economically productive class. Therefore, we can say that in just a span of a few years, this population structure could be our advantage in terms of economics.

From the health care viewpoint, we could also determine the focus of our care in the population, which are the 0-14 and 15-64 age group which include the children and the women of reproductive age. It is also in the same light why the Department of Heath places Maternal and Child Health as one of the top priorities in health program formulation.

Aside from Maternal and Child health, the DOH also puts priority in the control of infectious diseases, mostly caused by unsanitary food handling and environment.