Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

Adolescent Pregnancy
Statistics on Registered Live Births 2020
Proportion of Adolescent Births

1:10
by Usual Residence of Mother (Region): 2020

High in Proportion

1. Region XII 13.7%

About one out of ten 10,016 of 73,075 births
2. Region X 13.7%
registered live births in the
11,076 of 81,001 births
Philippines were born to mothers 3. Region XI 12.9%
10-19 years old 10,049 of 77,716 births

Number of Registered Live Births to Mothers Low in Proportion

10-19 Years Old: 2016 to 2020
15. Region VI 9.1%
8,409 of 92,452 births
203,085 196,478 183,967 180,916 157,060 16. Region IVA 8.8%
20,399 of 232,606 births
17. NCR 8.6%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 17,017 of 198,981 births

Percentage of Registered Live Births to Adolescent

Mothers by Age Group, Philippines: 2016-2020 Highest Share of Registered Adolescent Births

Provinces Cities
1. Bulacan 3.3% (5,156) 1. Quezon City 2.3% (3,620)

2. Cavite 3.2% (5,078) 2. City of Davao 1.9% (3,062)

3. Cebu 3.2% (5,042) 3. City of Manila 1.9% (2,994)
4. Bukidnon 2.9% (4,599) 4. City of Caloocan 1.6% (2,489)
5. Laguna 2.9% (4,529) 5. City of Cebu 1.1% (1,711)

Number of Registered Live Births to Mothers 10 to 19 years old

by Usual Residence of Mother: 2020

In 2020,
18 babies were born
every hour to
Adolescent Mothers

Notes:
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Figures are not adjusted for under registration.
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Include babies born in the Philippines whose mother's usual residence is in a foreign country.
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