Costa Rica registers 4,000 pregnancies of under 14-year-old in 10 years

SAN JOSE, March 8 (Chinese media) -- Costa Rica registered in the last 10 years

4,085 cases of pregnant women between 10 and 14 years old, according to

information given on Sunday by the Costa Rican National Institute of Statistics

and Census (INEC).

The statistics show a permanent increase in the number of pregnancies in

this age group of women which went from 454 cases in 2005 to 469 in 2006 and by

2007 there were 500 cases.

However the records on the number of minor pregnant show a clear difference

regarding the amount of men between 10 and 14 years who became father in the

last 10 years.

According to the INEC, between 1997 and 2007 there were only 22cases of

males between 10 and 14 years old who became fathers, in 2008 not one case was

registered.

Due to this situation, coordinator from the Costa Rican Social Sector Maria

Luisa Avila recognized that the sexual education offered in the country is not

enough.