TEENAGE pregnancy statistics released recently by KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane indicate that 26 515 girls aged between 10 and 19 fell pregnant between April and December last year, with 1 254 of those girls being 14 and younger.
This was an increase of 7 965 compared to information released by Statistics SA, which recorded that KZN registered 18 550 births for children aged 10