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Number of Abandoned Elderly in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by J. Cruz at 04:20 PM on Apr 14, 2023.
Purpose: Thesis Research
Date of Coverage: 04/14/2013 - 04/14/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-823108503365

Cruz 04:20 PM, Apr 14, 2023

1. Statistics/demographics for abandoned elderly in the Philippines
2. Statistics/demographics for abandoned elderly in Metro Manila
3. Statistics/demographics for elders with health problems in Metro Manila
4. Types of health concerns/comorbidity that Filipino elderly have
5. Number of facilities/care homes for abandoned elderly

Nisperos 06:08 PM, May 24, 2023

May 24, 2023

Dear Jheryl Kate Cruz,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 14, 2023 04:20:41 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Number of Abandoned Elderly in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

In response to your data request, please see our available data as follows:

1-3) Statistics on Women and Men in the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/gender-stat/wmf 

7) Social Welfare and Development https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2023%20Fact%20Sheet%20on%20Women%20and%20Men_Revised_0.xlsx

Institutional Population of the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing): https://psa.gov.ph/population-and-housing/node/167966

Table 2 Institutional Population by Residence Status, Age Group, Sex, and Region: 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/3_2020%20Report%20No.5_Institutional%20Population_RML_08112022_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

Table 3  Institutional Population by Residence Status, Type of Institutional Living Quarter, Sex, and Region: 2020
https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/3_2020%20Report%20No.5_Institutional%20Population_RML_08112022_RRDH_CRD.xlsx

3-4. Statistics/demographics and type of comorbidity for elders with health problems in Metro Manila- we do not have specific data on this. 

Our data related to this is limited to our Vital Statistics Reports:
https://psa.gov.ph/content/vital-statistics-report-vsr 
https://psa.gov.ph/vital-statistics 
https://psa.gov.ph/vital-statistics/table

Birth, Marriage, and Death Statistics for 2022 (Preliminary, as of 31 January 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/vital-statistics/id/176679

Birth, Marriage, and Death Statistics for 2022 (Preliminary, as of 31 January 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/crd/pressrelease/1-ons-cleared_Jan-Nov-2022_Monthly-Release-on-Vital-Events_as-of-31-January-2023_ONS.xlsx

Registered Deaths in the Philippines, 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/content/registered-deaths-philippines-2021-1

Registered Death Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/crd/specialrelease/Statistical%20tables_2021%20Deaths_1.xlsx  

2022 Causes of Deaths in the Philippines (Preliminary as of 31 January 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/vital-statistics/id/176676

2022 Causes of Death - Jan to Nov 2022 (as of 31 January 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/crd/pressrelease/1-%28ons-cleared%29_Tables%201-3_Attachment%20to%20PR%20on%202022%20COD_as%20of%2031%20January%202023_ONS.xlsx

5. Number of facilities/care homes for abandoned elderly 

For this data, please coordinate with the Department of Social Welfare and Development: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/

List of LGU Centers and Residential Care Facilities with Valid Accreditation Certificates as of May 20, 2022 https://www.dswd.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LGU-Centers-05202022.pdf

List of Senior Citizens Centers (SCC) with valid Accreditation as of May 20, 2022: https://www.dswd.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Senior-Citizens-Centers-05202022.pdf

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Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
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