Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

P Listing

• Parity - See Births (mothers) and Births (fathers)
• Patch
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Pill (oral contraceptive pill)
• Premarital sex

Patch

• Use of the contraceptive patch among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2002:  0.9%

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

Pelvic inflammatory disease

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever been treated for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 2002: 5.1%.

• Percent of women 40-44 years of age who have ever been treated for PID, 2002: 8.0%.

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 107 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

Pill (oral contraceptive pill)

• Percent of women15-44 years of age in 2002 who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill: 82.3% (44.6 million).

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2002 who are currently using the pill: 19.2% (11.8 million).

  Source: Advance Data No. 350, Tables 1 and 11 [PDF - 1 MB]

Premarital sex

• Percent of ever-married men and women who ever had premarital intercourse:
  • Women (15-44 years of age): 84.9%
  • Men (20-44 years of age): 91.3%

  Source:

  • Series 23, No. 25, Table 42 [PDF - 4.7 MB]
  • Series 23, No. 26, Table 22 [PDF - 3.5 MB]