PETALING JAYA: Sarawak continues to have the highest number of unmarried teen pregnancies with 859 cases recorded last year. This is followed by Sabah (329), Selangor (317), Johor (315) and Perak (223), the Health Ministry’s (MOH) family health development division revealed.
Although the number of adolescent new antenatal cases registered at the primary healthcare facilities reduced from 10,349 cases in 2019 to 8,153 in 2022, the number of unmarried teen pregnancies were still prevalent.
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