BS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Analysis of Regional Rice and Corn Consumption and Mortality Rates in the Philippines from 2008-2015

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Clarissa B. Juanico, RND, Ph.D.

The World Health Organization (2019) reported that 29% of Filipinos can die before the age of 70 due to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Philippines is an agricultural country with rice and corn as the main staples. Using secondary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, specifically the Statistics on Causes of Deaths and Consumption of Selected Agricultural Commodities in 2008, 2012, and 2015, this study aims to assess the association of staple consumption and mortality due to selected chronic diseases and conditions in all Philippine regions. The data were analyzed through the computation of its mean mortality rates and correlational analysis to see the trend of the association between rice and corn consumption, and the selected chronic disease mortality. Results showed that the top three regions with the highest per capita rice consumption are ARMM, Western Visayas, and MIMAROPA while Zamboanga Peninsula, Central Visayas, and Northern Mindanao are the top corn consuming regions. Certain regions with highest per capita rice and corn consumption were observed to be among the regions with highest mean mortality rate due to chronic diseases, specifically Western Visayas, Central Visayas, and Northern Mindanao. The association in the correlation results mostly ranges from very weak to weak linear association. Thus, this suggests that staple consumption could not be strongly associated with chronic disease mortality.

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