Wednesday, February 08, 2012

The 99 Percent

No, not that one. This one: 99 percent of sexually experienced women aged 15 to 44 are birth control users. Here are the percentages who have ever used the following birth control methods...

Condom: 93%
Pill: 82%
Withdrawal: 59%
3-month injectable: 22%
Female sterilization: 20%
Periodic abstinence: 19%
Male sterilization: 13%
Contraceptive patch: 10%
Emergency contraception: 10%
IUD: 7%
Diaphragm: 3%

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Use of Contraception in the United States: 1982-2008

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