TEENAGE PREGNANCY

ALARMING NEWS!!!

Ugochi Daniels,  a ranking official of the United Nation Population Fund Agency (UNFPA), said in the recent interview that  the rising number of teenage pregnancies in the country is an area of concern that the agency is giving serious attention to. 

According to the survey, teenage pregnancies in the Philippines surged by 70 percent as compared ten years ago.

Teenage pregnancy rate in the Philippines is the highest among Asean's six major economies as teenage getting pregnant range from  adolescent girls (10 to 19 years old), the United Nations Population Fund's 2011 annual report say at 53 births per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 19, 

Based on data compiled from birth certificates, of the 1.75 million live births in 2009, the latest review reveals 11 percent involved are teenage mothers. 

Government statistics on female adolescent pregnancies reveals  the number of teenage pregnancies rose 70 percent, from 114,205 in 1999 to 195,662 in 2009.