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(Photo courtesy ofPopCom/Benjie Espartero) MANILA - The Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) on Friday said the number of adolescents who gave birth in 2020 went down by 23,855. In 2019, births by mothers under 19 years old reached 180,915 anddroppedto 157,060 last year. A substantial part of the decrease was in the 15 to 19 age bracket, with the 23,557 mothers constituting 98.7 percent of the decline. The daily birth rate of the 15-19 group was at 425, lower than 2019's 489. Adolescent birth rates were at 31 per 1,000 girls in 2020, significantly lower than the 47 per 1,000 in the 2017 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), PopCom said, citing a Philippine Statistics Authority report. The Philippine Development Plan is aiming for a rate of 37 per 1,000, while PopCom targets a 50-percent reduction from the baseline of 57 percent in the 2013 NDHS to 28 percent by 2022. "This is good news for us and our partners who have been advocating for a reduction in teen p ....

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