LEGAZPI CITY: Prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Bicol region specifically in Albay province is on a roller coaster rise in the past four years despite relentless education campaign of the government and pro-Reproductive Health advocates here.

In 2009, teenage pregnancy produced 1,259 total births based on the record of local civil registry here. But there was increasing teenage pregnancies posted in two consecutive years beginning in 2010 with 1,604 and 2011 with 1,699 births.

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