Figure 21: Live Births by Adolescents Age 15-19 Philippines: 2016, 2017, and 2018 Source: Philippine Statistical Authority, 2018 Figure 22: Live Births by Adolescents Aged 10-14 Philippines: 2016, 2017, and 2018 Source: Philippine Statistical Authority, 2018 Figure 23: Health Services Received by Adolescents age 10-19 in 2019 Source: DOH FHSIS 2019 In the Philippines a declining trend of live births could be observed among adolescent mothers aged 15 to 19 based on the data starting 2016 (201,182), 2017 (194,401) up to 2018 (181,717) taken from the Philippine Statistics Authority Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS). The reported births from adolescent mothers aged 15 to 19 in 2018 were most prevalent in CALABARZON (24,108), Region III (21,416), and NCR (20,613) while in 201929, Region XI (13,758), Region XII (10,612), and Region III (10,322) had the highest incidence. Furthermore, number of babies born to adolescent mothers from 2016 to 2018 were also higher than babies sired by adolescent fathers in 2016 (51,917), 2017 (52,221), and 2018 (50,130). Although declining trends were observed from data on adolescent births among 15 to 19 age group, the same was not the case for young adolescents age 10 to 14. An increasing trend was observed for live births by adolescents age 10 to 14 based on the PSA CRVS which reflected higher births from 2016 (1,903), 2017 (2077), and 2018 (2,250) [Figure 22]. The reported births from adolescent mothers aged 10 to 14 in 2018 were most prevalent in NCR (369), Region III (294), and CALABARZON (279) while in 201930, Region XI (519), Region III (198), and Region XII (192) had the highest incidence. This upward trend may be due to the young adolescents’ lack of information about sexual reproductive health and rights, lack of access to reproductive health programs, peer pressure, influence of social media, or sexual violence. 29 2019 Department of Health, Epidemiology Bureau, Field Health Services Information System 30 2019 Department of Health, Epidemiology Bureau, Field Health Services Information System 64 2019 Annual Report Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012