Human and Social Devt.5.pdf - Pasay City Government

City of PasaySOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILEfuture. The city would need about 1 to 4 health units in the next ten years tomeet the standard.In terms of health personnel, the city is a lot better than the country or NCR interms of number of physicians and dentists, (Table 5.6). In nurses it is betterthan NCR but worse off compared to the Philippines in general. In midwives it isbetter than NCR but worse off compared to the country. On sanitary inspectorsthe city’s ratio is more than the standard of 1:20,000, which means it doesn’t haveenough inspectors to check the sanitary condition of residences andestablishments. The city also lacks pharmacists and nutritionists.Table 5.1Health Indicators, 1996-2000 (per 1,000 population)Indicators 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Average PhilsCrude Birth Rate (live births) 23.6 22.5 20.1 21 23 22.0 26.2Crude Death Rate 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.5 5 4.6 5.8Infant Mortality Rate (live births) 17.1 18.6 18.3 18.1 15 17.4 17.0Maternal Mortality Rate (live births) 0.2 0.2 0.24 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.9Note: Philippine figures for CBR and CDR is year 2001, for IMR and MMR is year 1997Source: City Health Office and Department of HealthTable 5.2Leading Causes Of Morbidity, 5-Year Average, 1996-2000Diseases Number Rate/ 10,0001. Dermatologic 5,388 138.52. EENT 3,399 87.43. Nutritional Deficiency 3,362 86.44. Respiratory 2,867 73.75. Gastro- intestinal 2,648 68.16. Genito- urinary 2,357 60.67. Muscoloskeletal 1,222 31.48. Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1,087 27.99. Other Acute Viral Illness 396 10.210. Other Infectious Diseases 307 7.9Source: City Health Office and Department of HealthTable 5.3Leading Causes Of Mortality, 5 Year Average, 1996-2000Diseases Number Rate/ 10,0001. Diseases of Heart 272 6.92. Vascular Diseases 236 6.13. Pnuemonia 230 5.94. Cancer 152 3.95. Accidents 133 3.46. TB all Forms 105 2.77. Hypertension Diseases 102 2.68. Septicemia 49 1.39. Unknown/ undetermined 42 110. Diabetes 25 0.711. Bronchial asthma 25 0.7Source: City Health Office and Department of HealthCity Planning and Development Office 2The Official Website of Pasay Citywww.pasay.gov.ph