FACTS ON SENIOR CITIZENS ——— Results of the 2015 Census of Population POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS DIDYOUKNow @ : TOP 5 Regions with the Highest Senior Citizen is defined as any person aged sixty (60) years Number of SenloyCitizens: 2015 ‘or over. (Source: Republic Act 9994, Section 3.A) : ’ Globally, older persons refer to those aged 60 years or over. Senior Citizens in the Philippines: 2000 to 2015 755M 624M : NCR f 551M 1 (@51Th, 11.3%) 457M : , : ~ 2 Region VI 1 712th, 94%) 2000 2007 2010 2015 ») Region Il (679 Th, 11.6%) a) Region V-A (10M, 13.35 Number (in millions) 7.5 % or 7,548,769 OF THE 100,981,437 TOTAL POPULATION Region VII (619 Th, 82%) IN 2015 WERE SENIOR CITIZENS Legend: = Number of Senior Citizens Below 200,000 200,001 - 400,000 99.8% (7,534,306) 02% (14,463) HB 800,001 and over Distribution of Senior Citizens by Region: 2015 HouseHowo / | 7.5 Million \ inistrrurionat POPULATION / Seniors Gitizens \_ POPULATION — in 2015 Region oe 4 ™ toos7eses 7510769 1000 aoa Capa Regen Seertass estat ar ‘Corie Adrien REBT ‘722000 ——¥5500 18 Age-Sex Population Pyramid of Senior Citizens: 2015} _-tecs 3026128 499.105 68 2 ae camean vary sastai 28967838 Percent to Total i= cera zen 11210577 e70499 118 ‘Age Group in Years ent ol IVAA- CALABAZON aaia77d ‘oor 160183 Senior Citizens ‘MIMAROPA Region 2,963,360 217,185 29 80 and over rd 105% (079M) > ~\i-vestemvaayas 786303 Treat! ea : 2 wc sss Tseea0e—1a9c8 82 Us —_ eee “i= Ease Vaya 410150 985880 81 70-74 | 65-69 — 25.4% (192M) )xic0ave0 4003518 seas 48 2 Sar soccsesancer asisa70 27277 30 60-64 65% 276M > oe 206700 wees 28 Male Female | Aaonanous Regn n Win Nininas 3 1.987 192.148 18ueuacrcuteauee aceasta SEX MARITAL STATUS 4h2% 58.8% 1.8% (139 Th) syo% . . Di sed / ee (333M) Separated (437M) Married 3.1% (235 Th) ‘Common-Law/ Live-In 30.6% THERE WERE 79 Males 6.5% (489 Th) VY 231m FOREVERY 100 Females : Single Widowed RELIGION Co 82.8 % (6.25 M) Roman Catholic a 2.6% (193 Th) Islam 5 j 0 2.5% (188 Th) Iglesia ni Cristo ig” 2.1% (159 Th) Evangelicals 10.0% (758 Th) Others Among the Senior Citizens of the 2015 Household Popula w y USUAL ACTIVITY OR OCCUPATION 14.8 %(1.11M) Students and Dependents CrrEe 3 (3.17M) Gainful Me) 22.3% (1.68 M) © raft ar Service and sales workers Technicians ond associate professionals Plant and machine operators and assemblers HIGHEST GRADE/YEAR COMPLETED 51.0% (3.85M) 25.0% (1.88M) 12.0% (0.91M) 5.8% (0.44M) 4.2% (0.32M) 1.5% (0.11M) 0.5% (0.04M ml = oo Elementary MH High School Hl College Degree Holder Wi College Undergraduate Ill No Grade Completed [Postsecondary Ill Postbaccalaureate LITERACY 95.3 % (7.18 M) ozo Th) Canread and write Querseas simple messages, Gainful Workers by Major Occupation Group Others Professionals 2.1% (66TH) 2.8% (86TH) 3.2% (101 Th) 5.6% (178 Th) 8.8% (279TH) 10.5 % (332 Th) Monogers NIN 13.5% (427 Th) nd related trades workers Workers engaged in elementary occupations NNN 15.8% (499TH) Skilled agricultural, forestry, ond fishery workers a 37.7 % (1.19 M) LISA GRACE S. BERSALES, Ph.D. Undersecretary National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, For more www, © Indoratin, iste psa.gov.ph