The top five diseases reported were Acute Respiratory Infection with a total of 2,793,066. It was followed by Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (ALRTI) and  Pneumonia  (569,122),  Hypertension (512,604), Bronchitis (338,789), and Urinary Tract Infection (276,442). The same top four diseases were recorded last year, however, the numbers of cases were much higher in 2012. In fact, Acute respiratory infection almost doubled in number and in rate (92% and 88% increase, respectively).

Morbidity: Ten (10) Leading Causes by Sex

The same morbid conditions are identified for both sexes, which only differ in rates and consequently a slight difference in ranks. Infectious conditions are most common to both sexes.

Respiratory conditions like ARI, ALRTI and Pneumonia, Bronchitis and Tuberculosis were common to both sexes. However, in terms of the rate of occurrence, females tend to be more ill with these conditions than males. In summary, seven out of the ten leading causes of morbidity common to both sexes were rate dominated by female.  However, the data were based on reports submitted with sex disaggregation only.

Source: Philippine Health Statistics 2013, Epidemiology Bureau, DOH
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