Region 3 has highest adolescent pregnancies

REGION 3 (Central Luzon) has recorded the most pregnancies — more than 400 — involving adolescents below 15, based on the 2022 Civil Registry and Vital Statistics data.

“These figures are very alarming, especially with the rising incidence of pregnancies among 10 to 14 years old because these are very young girls who are supposed to be in school,” said the regional director of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) Lourdes Nacionales.