Contraceptive Use

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Leading contraceptive method among women aged 15-29: Pill
• Percent of women aged 15-44 currently using the pill: 17.1%
• Percent of women aged 15-44 currently using female sterilization: 16.5%
• Percent of women aged 15-44 currently using male sterilization: 6.2%

Source: Current Contraceptive Use in the United States, 2006–2010, and Changes in Patterns of Use Since 1995, table 1 [PDF - 443 KB]

 

More data

• Contraceptive Methods Women Have Ever Used: United States, 1982–2010 [PDF - 251 KB]
• Fertility, Contraception, and Fatherhood: Data on Men and Women From Cycle 6 (2002) of the National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 3.4 MB]
• Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health of U.S. Women: Data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 4.6 MB]
• Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth
• Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008 [PDF - 744 KB]
• Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth [PDF - 723 KB]
• Use of Contraception in the United States: 1982-2008 [PDF - 735 KB]
• Use of Emergency Contraception Among Women Aged 15–44: United States, 2006–2010