Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

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• Impaired fecundity
• Infertility
• Implant contraceptives
• Infertility services
• Injectable contraceptives (Depo-Provera^Tm and Lunelle^Tm) - See also Contraception
• Intended pregnancy
  • Births reported by females
  • Births reported by males
• IUD (intrauterine device) - See also Contraception

 

Impaired fecundity

NOTE: The difference between impaired fecundity and infertility: In the report cited below, "infertility" is measured only for married couples and infertility refers only to problems getting pregnant. "Impaired fecundity" includes married and unmarried women and includes problems getting pregnant and problems carrying a baby to term.

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2002 (of all marital statuses) who have impaired fecundity (i.e., who are not surgically sterile, and for whom it is difficult or impossible to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term): 11.8%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 67 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

• Percent of married childless women 15-44 years of age who have impaired fecundity by current age, 2002:
  • Total (15-44): 25.3%
    • 15-29 years: 17.3
    • 30-34 years: 24.5
    • 35-39 years: 33.9
    • 40-44 years: 42.8

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 68 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Implant contraceptives

• Implant contraceptive use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2002:
  • Percent of women who have ever used implant contraceptives: 2.1%
  • Percent of women who ever used Norplant^Tm who discontinued (stopped) use: 41.6%
  • Leading reason for discontinuing (stopping) Norplant^Tm use: side effects (70.6%)

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Tables 53 and 66 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Infertility

NOTE: The difference between impaired fecundity and infertility: In the report cited above, "infertility" is measured only for married couples and infertility refers only to problems getting pregnant. "Impaired fecundity" includes married and unmarried women, and includes problems getting pregnant and problems carrying a baby to term.

• Percent of all married women 15-44 years of age who are infertile (i.e., who are not surgically sterile, have not used contraception in the past 12 months, and have not become pregnant), 2002: 7.4%
   
• Percent of married childless women 15-44 years of age who are infertile by current age, 2002:
  • Total (15-44): 16.6%
    • 15-29 years: 11.0%
    • 30-34 years: 16.9%
    • 35-39 years: 22.6%
    • 40-44 years: 27.4%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 69 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Infertility services

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever received any infertility services, 2002: 11.9% (7.3 million).
• Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever received infertility services, by type of service, 2002:
  • Advice: 6.1%
  • Medical help to prevent miscarriage: 5.5%
  • Tests on woman or man: 4.8%
  • Ovulation drugs: 3.8%
  • Artificial insemination: 1.1%
• Percent of childless women 15-44 years of age who have ever received any infertility service, by current age, 2002:
  • Total (15-44): 7.1%
    • 15-29 years: 2.9%
    • 30-34 years: 17.3%
    • 35-39 years :15.2%
    • 40-44 years: 29.1%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 97 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Injectable contraceptives

See also Contraception

• Injectable contraceptive use among women 15-44 years of age, 2002:
  • Depo-Provera^Tm (3-month injectable)
    • Percent of women who have ever used Depo-Provera^Tm: 16.8%
    • Percent of all women currently using Depo-Provera^Tm: 3.3%
    • Percent of women who ever used Depo-Provera^Tm who discontinued (stopped) use: 42.3%
    • Leading reason for discontinuing (stopping) Depo-Provera^Tm: side effects (72.3% of those who stopped using it

      Source: Series 23, No. 25, Tables 53, 56, and 66 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

  • Lunelle^Tm (1-month injectable)

    • Percent of women who have ever used Lunelle^Tm: 0.9%

      Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 53 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Intended pregnancy

 

Births reported by females

• Percent of births that were intended, mistimed, or unwanted by the mother (births in the 5 years before the 2002 interview):
  • Intended (i.e., pregnancy that the mother wanted to have when she became pregnant): 64.9%
  • Mistimed (i.e., pregnancy that the mother wanted to have but it occurred too soon): 20.8%
  • Unwanted (i.e., pregnancy that the mother did not want ever): 14.1%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 21 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

 

Births reported by males

• Percent of births that were intended, mistimed, unwanted by the father (births in the 5 years before the interview in 2002):
  • Intended (i.e., pregnancy that the father wanted to have at approximately the time partner became pregnant): 65.2%
  • Mistimed (i.e., pregnancy that the father wanted to have but it occurred too soon): 24.8%
  • Unwanted (i.e., pregnancy that the father did not want ever): 8.6%

  Source: Series 23, No. 26, Table 8 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

 

IUD (intrauterine device)

See also Contraception

• IUD use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2002:
  • Percent of women who have ever used an IUD: 5.8%
  • Percent of women currently using an IUD: 1.3%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Tables 53 and 56 [PDF - 4.7 MB]