Teenage Pregnancy

in the Philippines
Facts and figures
from NSO Data
Carmelita N. Ericta

Administrator
National Statistics Office

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Outline of Presentation

Population as of year 2000 and 2010

Number of teenage brides, 2000-2010

Number of teenage mothers, 2000-2010

Number of fetal deaths, 2006-2010

Number of maternal deaths, 2000-2010

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Household Population by Age Group and Sex:

Philippines, 2000 and 2010
Total Population

Age

Female Population

2010

2000

2010

2000

All ages

92,097,978

76,332,470

45,638,660

37,915,541

0-9

20,549,305

19,357,653

9,927,447

9,447,225

10-19

19,844,578

16,928,240

9,699,306

8,387,994

20 and over

51,704,095

40,046,577

26,011,907

20,080,322

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Household Population by Age Group and Sex:

Philippines, 2000 and 2010
Total Population

Age

Female Population

2010

2000

2010

2000

All ages

92,097,978

76,332,470

45,638,660

37,915,541

0-9

20,549,305

19,357,653

9,927,447

9,447,225

21.5%

22.2%

10-19
20 and over

19,844,578

16,928,240

51,704,095

40,046,577

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10.5%

11.0%

9,699,306

8,387,994

26,011,907

20,080,322

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Sex ratio*
All ages
0 9 years old
10 19 years old
20 years old and over

2000 2010
101
102
105
107
102
104
99
99

*Males for every 100 females

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Number of Teenage Brides: Philippines, 2000-2010

Year

Under 20 years old

All Ages

Number

% to Total

2000

577,387

85,632

14.8

2001

559,162

82,297

14.7

2002

583,167

80,800

13.9

2003

593,553

80,045

13.5

2004

582,281

77,038

13.2

2005

518,595

69,335

13.4

2006

492,666

68,446

13.9

2007

490,054

69,052

14.1

2008

486,514

65,958

13.6

2009

492,254

64,946

13.2

2010

482,480

62,812

13.0

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Number of Teenage Brides: Philippines, 2000-2010

90
80

in thousand

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

YEAR

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Number of Live Births by Teenage Mothers:

Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

All Ages

2000

Below 20 Years Old

Total

Under 15

15-19

1,766,440

126,025

755

125,270

2001

1,714,093

126,721

694

126,027

2002

1,666,773

123,004

762

122,242

2003

1,669,442

123,865

829

123,036

2004

1,710,994

135,429

1,045

134,384

2005

1,688,918

143,953

811

143,142

2006

1,663,029

154,119

766

153,353

2007

1,749,878

173,282

1,013

172,269

2008

1,784,316

186,527

1,116

185,411

2009

1,745,585

195,662

1,113

194,549

2010

1,782,981

207,898

1,324

206,574

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Number of Live Births by Mothers Aged Below 20:

Philippines, 2000-2010
250

In thousand

200

150

100

50

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Year
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Percentage Distribution of Women who Gave Birth

by Birth Order and Age of Mother: Philippines, 2010
Above fifth,
7.5%
First baby,
36.8%

Fifth Baby,
5.2%

Fourth Baby,
9.2%

Third baby,
15.8%

Second Baby,
25.6%

All Ages

19 Years old and Below

Total Live Births = 1,782,981

Total Live Births = 207,898

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Number of Teenage Mothers who Gave Birth

to Their First Baby: Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

Age of Mother
All Ages

2000

534,322

2001

533,615

2002

529,115

2003

429,583

2004

559,775

2005

576,894

2006

582,763

2007

625,887

2008

651,159

2009

650,789

2010

655,980
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%
19.5
19.8
19.4
19.8
20.5
21.0
22.3
23.4
24.3
25.5
26.7

Under 15

15-19

616

103,724

624

105,006

692

101,572

661

84,361

893

111,935

800

120,117

753

129,077

979

145,250

1,091

157,194

1,081

164,776

1,260

174,085

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Number Teenage of Mothers who Gave Birth

to Their Second Baby: Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

Age of Mother
All Ages

2000

412,993

2001

403,883

2002

395,811

2003

317,401

2004

409,786

2005

407,125

2006

404,065

2007

426,211

2008

440,053

2009

439,645

2010

456,158
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%
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.1
5.4
5.7
5.8
6.1
6.4

Under 15

15-19

18,714

40

18,452

44

18,347

36

15,147

56

19,805

20,685

11

21,653

29

24,046

24

25,332

25

26,816

50

29,331

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Number of Teenage Mothers who Gave Birth

to Their Third Baby: Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

Age of Mother
All Ages

2000

292,394

2001

284,053

2002

275,674

2003

217,362

2004

281,429

2005

272,506

2006

265,380

2007

279,550

2008

283,173

2009

272,676

2010

281,519
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%
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0

Under 15

15-19

2,078

1,973

1,882

1,632

2,021

1,992

2,166

2,314

2,450

2,553

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Number of Teenage Mothers who Gave Birth

to Their Fourth Baby: Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

Age of Mother
All Ages

2000

191,676

2001

182,866

2002

176,001

2003

135,713

2004

176,717

2005

169,218

2006

162,708

2007

167,755

2008

167,773

2009

159,121

2010

163,359
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%
0.13
0.16
0.13
0.12
0.14
0.11
0.14
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.18

Under 15

15-19

241

292

235

160

247

190

222

255

255

232

302

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Number of Teenage Mothers who Gave Birth

to Their Fifth Baby: Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

Age of Mother
All Ages

2000

122,506

2001

114,034

2002

108,950

2003

83,210

2004

107,629

2005

101,935

2006

96,757

2007

99,639

2008

98,978

2009

91,914

2010

92,963
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%
0.05
0.09
0.06
0.08
0.06
0.05
0.07
0.08
0.07
0.10
0.00

Under 15

15-19

60

101

66

63

66

48

64

84

74

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Number of Fetal Deaths by Age of Mother:

Philippines, 2006-2010
Age of Mother

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

8,458

8,191

8,306

8,043

8,095

Percent below 20

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.9

8.3

Below 20

706

682

693

719

669

<15

11

15

25

17

22

31

30

16

57

77

60

70

59

17

138

112

146

137

131

18

215

201

192

219

189

19

260

268

269

260

253

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Number of Maternal Deaths by Age of Mother:

Philippines, 2000-2010
Year

All Ages

2000

Below 20 years old

Total

Under 15

15-19

1,698

94

94

2001

1,768

82

82

2002

1,801

100

100

2003

1,798

86

86

2004

1,833

127

120

2005

1,723

130

127

2006

1,721

99

99

2007

1,672

126

125

2008

1,731

117

115

2009

1,599

138

138

2010

1,719

168

164

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Percentage of Women by Contraceptive Method

Currently Used: Philippines, 2003, 2008, 2011
Family Planning Method
Year

20031
20081
20112

Age of
Woman

Any Method

Any Modern
Method

Any
Traditional
Method

All Ages

31.6

21.6

9.9

15-19

2.4

1.3

1.1

All Ages

32.5

21.8

10.7

15-19

3.1

1.6

1.5

All Ages

48.9

36.9

12

15-19

28.7

19.8

8.8

1 National Demographic and Health Survey

2 Family Health Survey

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Percentage of Women who have Experienced Various

Forms of Physical and Sexual Violence
By Current Age: Philippines, 2008
Age

Physical
Violence

Sexual
Violence1

Physical
and sexual
violence1

Physical or
sexual
violence1

Number
of women

Total

14.9

3.5

5.2

23.6

9,316

15-19

12.1

2.1

3.0

17.2

1,410

15-17

11.3

1.4

1.5

14.2

829

18-19

13.3

3.0

5.2

21.5

581

1 includes forced sexual initiation

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Sources of Data:

Census of Population and Housing, 2000 and 2010

Civil registry documents, 2000-2010

Vital Statistics Report, 2000-2005

National Demographic and Health Survey

(NDHS), 2003 and 2008

Family Health Survey (FHS), 2011

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