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Teenage Pregnancy
Population
103,775,002 (July 2011 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 34.6% (male 17,999,279/female 17,285,040)
15-64 years: 61.1% (male 31,103,967/female 31,097,203)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1,876,805/female 2,471,644) (2011 est.)
Median age total: 22.9 years male: 22.4 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate
1.873% (2011 est.)
Birth rate
24.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Death rate
4.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Net migration rate
-1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 49% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population
MANILA (capital) 11.449 million; Davao 1.48 million; Cebu City 845,000; Zamboanga 827,000 (2009)
Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Infant mortality rate total: 18.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth total population: 71.94 years male: 68.99 years female: 75.03 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate
3.15 children born/woman (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
8,700 (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
Major infectious diseases degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)
Nationality
noun: Filipino(s) adjective: Philippine
Ethnic groups
Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census)
Religions
Catholic 82.9% (Roman Catholic 80.9%, Aglipayan 2%), Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Languages
Filipino (official; based on Tagalog) and English (official); eight major dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and Pangasinan
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.6% male: 92.5% female: 92.7% (2000 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2008)
Education expenditures
2.8% of GDP (2008)
Maternal mortality rate
94 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
20.7% (2003)
Health expenditures
3.8% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
1.153 physicians/1,000 population (2004)
Hospital bed density
0.5 beds/1,000 population (2006)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
4.3% (2003)

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