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R12-IG2022-014
The reported deaths in SOCCSKSARGEN Region in 2020 reached 23,130 which is 0.58 percent lower compared to year 2019 (see table 1). The number of deaths in Cotabato Province reached 6,829, a decrease of 7.25 percent. Sultan Kudarat Province recorded 3,204 deaths or about 6.07 percent decrease. Sarangani posted an increase of 6.60 percent whereas deaths records in South Cotabato and Cotabato City increased by 0.56 and 99.25 percent compared to the same period in 2019, respectively. The number of registered deaths from 2011 to 2020 has trended upward and slightly down in 2019. The increase during the ten-year period was 42.05 percent, from 16,283 in 2011 to 23,130 in 2020.