Did You Know: 447,735 deaths recorded in PH in first 9 months of 2019

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, 447,735 deaths were registered in the country from January to September 2019.

Of the total, 13.1 percent were from the National Capital Region, the second highest among all regions. Calabarzon ranked first with 15.1 percent of the total deaths (by usual residence of the deceased) registered during the nine-month period last year.

—Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research