The annual average number of reported cases of water-borne diseases reached 50,058 from 2010 to 2019. The number of cases reported is per 100,000 population 1 based on the report of the Department of Health.
Six water-borne diseases, three vector-borne diseases, and two airborne diseases were compiled for environmental health. The statistics compiled under this subcomponent were morbidity (incidence and prevalence) and mortality of certain types of diseases. The subcomponent on environmental health focuses on how the environmental factors and processes affect and alter the health of an individual. In addition, an average of 2.00 million private and for-hire vehicles that used diesel fuel were registered from 2010 to 2019. The Land Transportation Office registered an annual average of 6.86 million private and for-hire vehicles that used gas fuel from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, DOH reported that out of the 24.58 million households recorded, 11.25 million households had complete sanitation facility (45.8%), 11.23 million households had satisfactory solid management (45.7%), while 7.99 million households (32.5%) were using safely managed sanitation facility. It deals with the totality of human community where people reside, may it be large cities, towns, or villages.įrom 2010 to 2019, an annual average of 85.5 percent of the total households in the Philippines had access to improved safe water supply as recorded by the Department of Health (DOH).
The subcomponent on human settlements covers statistics describing the basic services and infrastructure put up where humans live and work. This component has two subcomponents: human settlements and environmental health.
The Component 5 of the Compendium of the Philippine Environment Statistics (CPES) – Human Settlements and Environmental Health compiles statistics on the environment where people live and work, especially those that detail their living conditions and environmental health.
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