Statistics Of Teenage Pregnancy In Malaysia 2018
It was in the news recently that perak recorded 615 cases of teen pregnancy involving students last year.
Statistics of teenage pregnancy in malaysia 2018. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Around 4 000 teenage girls under the age of 18 were reported pregnant annually based on the health ministry s statistics malaysian journal of nursing online news portal 2018. 603 8885 7942 fax. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia.
Chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia druzir mahidin dr uzir. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. 603 8888 9248 email. Population health and vital statistics teenage pregnancy 2008 2018.
In 2018 the estimated adolescent birth rate globally was 44 births per 1 000 girls aged 15 to 19. Statistics also pointed to sarawak having the highest number of registered child marriages. Pregnancy rates by pregnancy outcome age group and year females 19 or younger. Citing the health ministry s 2015 statistics experts from um specialist centre umsc said while the latest figures for 2018 have not been released they believe teenage pregnancy is on the rise.
Pregnancies and pregnancy outcome by age group and year females 19 or younger arizona 2008 2018. More alarmingly an average of 18 000 teenagers in malaysia get pregnant each year and seek medical attention at government health clinics. Ho mei kei public relation officer strategic communication and international division department of statistics malaysia tel. Countries such as central african republic niger chad angola and mali top the list of countries with highest adolescent birth rate above 178.
There were 31 articles related to teen pregnancy found after searching a database dedicated to indexing all original clinical research data published in malaysia from year 2000 to 2014.