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QuickStats: Use of Selected Contraceptive Methods by Married Women of Childbearing Age in the United States, 2006--2008, Compared with Married Women in Selected Countries with Low Fertility Rates,* 2000--2008
Among countries with low fertility (total fertility rates of ≤2.1), a higher percentage of married women of childbearing age in the United States rely on female sterilization (24%) as their method of contraception, compared with women in other countries (range: 4%--9%). Women in France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are more likely to rely on oral contraception (29%--44%) than women in the United States (16%). Women in France use the IUD (22%) to a greater extent than women in the United States (5%), whereas the male condom is used by partners of approximately 25% of married women in Spain and the United Kingdom, nearly twice the percentage found in the United States.
Source: Mosher WD, Jones J. Use of contraception in the United States: 1982--2008. Vital Health Stat 2010;23(29). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_029.pdf.
Alternate Text: The figure above shows the use of selected contraceptive methods by married women of childbearing age in the United States, 2006-2008, compared with married women in selected countries with low fertility rates from 2000-2008. Among countries with low fertility (total fertility rates of ≤2.1), a higher percentage of married women of childbearing age in the United States rely on female sterilization (24%) as their method of contraception, compared with women in other countries (range: 4%-9%). Women in France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are more likely to rely on oral contraception (29%-44%) than women in the United States (16%). Women in France use the IUD (22%) to a greater extent than women in the United States (5%), whereas the male condom is used by partners of approximately 25% of married women in Spain and the United Kingdom, nearly twice the percentage found in the United States.
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