BARANGAY LERMA

SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

A. POPULATION

YEAR	POPULATION	POP. DENSITY

1990*	2235	585
1995*	2363	619
2000	2498	654
2001	2526	661
2002	2555	669
2003	2583	676
2004	2612	684
2005	2641	691

NOTE: the figures with * are taken from the National Statistics Office while the rest of the populations are projections base from the given figures from NSO.

B. HOUSEHOLD

The total number of households as of 1998 is 400 an average of 7 persons per households.

C. SETTLEMENT AND HOUSING DATA

The Community Multi-Sectoral Assembly that was conducted last September 1998 shows that the out of 400 total number of household 93 or 23% are two storey or multi storey, 24 or 6% are split level and the remaining 283 or 71% are single storey. Moreover in building resistance 144 or 36% are in High Risk with light materials, 111 or 28% are in Medium Risk with Semi-concrete building with G.I. Roofing, 106 or 27% are in Low Risk with Concrete frame with G.I. Roof and Walls and the remaining 39 or 10% are No Risk.

D. AGE DISTRIBUTION

AGE GROUP	NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS
AGE GROUP	MALE	%	FEMALE	%	TOTAL	RANK

under 1	31	2.36	33	2.45	64	6
1-4	119	9.09	125	9.29	244	3
5-14	292	22.31	307	22.81	599	2
15-49	697	53.25	721	53.57	1418	1
50-64	116	8.86	109	8.10	225	4
65-above	54	4.13	51	3.79	105	5
TOTAL	1309	100	1346	100	2655
Source: City Health Office 1998 data

E. LABOR SEGMENTATION

LABOR GROUP	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE	RANK

Professional	147	8.95	2
Vocational/Technical	65	3.96	3
Laborer/Worker	148	9	1
Self employed	3	.18	4
Overseas Contract Worker	3	.18	4

F. HEALTH

In this Barangay the top five (5) illnesses in the last five years were Tuberculosis with 35 cases, Diarhea with 340, Dengue Fever with 6, while 340 suffered from fever which affected mostly the children population under five (5) years old and 64 were adults and Cough and Cold with Five hundred (500) cases.

G. GENDER DEVELOPMENT

Under the gender development 703 are male and 1,642 are female. The number and percentage of female in the governance is 45 % from the total population.

H. ACTIVE BASIC SECTORS

1. Senior Citizen
2. Working Youth Club
3. 4 - H Club
4. Barangay People's Organization
5. Lerma Mother's Organization
6. Lakas ng Kababaihan
7. Naga City Youth Federation