DRUG-RELATED

ALCOHOLISM
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
One in ten young Filipino women age 15-19 has begun childbearing: 8 percent are
already mothers and another 2 percent are pregnant with their first child according to
the results of the 2013 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Among young
adult women age 20 to 24, 43 percent are already mothers and 4 percent are pregnant
with their first child. Early pregnancy and motherhood varies by education, wealth
quintile, and region. It is more common among young adult women age 15 to 24 with
less education than among those with higher education (44 percent for women with
elementary education versus 21 percent for women with college education). Early
childbearing is also more common in Caraga (38 percent) and Cagayan Valley (37
percent) than other regions. The proportion of young adult women who have begun
childbearing is higher among those classified as belonging to poor households than
those in wealthier households (37 percent for young women in the lowest wealth quintile
versus 13 percent for women in the highest wealth quintile).
There were more males than female clients, ratio of 10:1. The mean age remained to be
29 years old, youngest, is 8 years old while the eldest is 73 years old. The highest
percentage belongs to age group of 30 to 34 with 566 or 20.63%. More than half of the
center clients are single (52.11%) followed by married (27.88%), 14.83% with live-in
partners and 3.97% were separated prior to rehabilitation. As to educational attainment,
701 or 25.55% have reached high school while 884 or 32.22% were able to reach college
level. With regard to the status of employment, 38.67% were unemployed and 17.09%
were either skilled or unskilled workers prior to their stay in the centers. Their average
monthly family income is Php 15,789. For the year 2012, twenty-nine (29) residential
treatment and one (1) outpatient facilities reported to the Integrated Drug Abuse Data
and Information Network (IDADIN). These facilities reported a total admission of 2,744
drug cases. Of this number, 79.88% or 2,192 were new admission, 14.72% or 404 were
relapse cases and 5.39% or 148 were referrals from outpatient facilities.
Euromonitor said that adults in the Philippines each take 5.4 shots of distilled alcohol
weekly, making the country third in the list of the world's heaviest drinkers. South
Koreans take a sizeable amount of alcohol, averaging 13.7 shots per week. Russians,
stereotyped as heavy drinkers, only rank second with 6.3 shots per adult a week.

Philippine alcoholic beverages slowed down but recorded stable growth in 2012. The
maturation of the beer category, which is the biggest category in the Philippines,
contributed to the slower rate. Domestic companies continued to facilitate growth in all
alcoholic drinks categories.