10th Release of Vital Statistics for 2023. 2023 Data compiled as of 31 March 2024, is still provisional and incomplete. Births show a disturbing flattening into the 2nd half of 2023.
Data compilation for 2023 appears to be lagging. Next few data drops should be instructive for 2023's final population outcomes.
PSA has released 2023 vital statistics compiled as of 31 March 2024 on 21st of May 2024. The data is still clearly incomplete, particularly for the last quarter of 2023. Births increased by 77,444 registered births since the 2nd May report which had been compiled as of 29 February 2024 to give a running total of 1,213,813 births for 2023.
By 3 months compilation post end of 2023, only the 3rd quarter data should still be substantially pending. However, unless there have been very considerable delays in registration, the flattening of monthly births from mid-year is very concerning.
Cumulative loss of births over the pandemic years is just under 1 million babies never born, when compared to the 2015-2019 baseline.
Registration of deaths, usually achieved more quickly than births, also appears to be quite incomplete. Deaths from March to July are running higher than 2022 levels.
Deaths only increased by 25,987 since the 2nd May report which compiled data effective as of 29 February 2024, to bring the running total of deaths up to 593,827. At this point I can only wonder if data registration is unduly delayed; I would have expected this data to be far more complete by now particularly for August and September; I simply don’t believe that deaths are dropping off at the end of 2023 as this current plot would imply. [2021 vital statistics were never released for data compiled later than March 2022 - perhaps to avoid revealing the full picture of the harm and hyper-excess deaths in that year].
Cumulative excess deaths vs. 2015-2019 baseline are running at nearly 490,000. This indicates that the population is still under extreme stress and continue to die in excess.
Cause of Death data was also released. However, there is no change in the overall % contribution for the various causes of death vs. the prior release.
I will update on the resumption of Cong. Dan Fernandez’ Joint Committee Hearing into the Philippines 2021 excess deaths, as soon as our team is publicly updated.
Though we used different Covid-19 "vaccines" in China than were used in the Philippines, anecdotal evidence hints that the effects on fertility seem to be comparable to those which we see in the West. Some of the phenomena we are seeing:
1) Reduced egg production and decrease in quality, especially among women over 30 and those attempting IVF. Declines of 50% or more seem common.
2) A failure on the part of embryos to develop a heartbeat in the early stages of pregnancy.
It's worth noting that within medical circles by mid 2021 at the latest the effect on fertility was widely noted and discussed. Whether or not these discussions ever reached the ears of the political decision makers is unclear, but given the extreme measures they rolled out during the same period to attempt to reverse China's baby bust, the most logical guess is that they did not.