During its 53rd foundation day celebration last February 18, POPCOM highlighted the most recent data of the Philippine Statistics Authority which shows the number of registered live births nationwide among adolescent mothers aged 10 to 17 years old significantly dropped from 62,510 in 2019 to in 2020.

BUMABA ang kaso ng teenage pregnancy sa bansa noong 2020, ayon sa Commission on Population and Development.

Sinabi ni PopCom executive director Juan Antonio Perez III na sa datos ng Philippine Statistics Authority, sa adolescent mothers na may edad 10 hanggang 17 ay nakapagtala ang bansa ng 56,428 live births noong 2020, mas mababa ng 10 porsiyento kumpara sa 62,510 live births noong 2019.

Ayon kay Perez, nakapagtala ang lahat ng rehiyon ng pagbaba, kung saan ang National Capital Region ang may pinakamalaking pagbaba sa 1,004 o mula 7,536 noong 2019 ay naging 6,532 noong 2020.

Sumunod sa NCR ang Calabarzon na mula 8,008 live births noong 2019 ay bumaba sa 7,166 noong 2020, at Zamboanga Peninsula, mula 2,574 live births noong 2019 sa 2,139 noong 2020.

“The lowest number of births was when the pandemic had effectively curbed adolescent fertility because of factors like the closing down of face-to-face classes and the lockdowns,” sabi ni Perez.