|
| Contraceptive
Use by Type Among Married Couples, Late 1990s
|
|
|
|
| Type
of Contraception |
More
Developed Countries
|
Less
Developed Countries
|
|
Percent
of Married Women of Reproductive Age
|
|
|
|
| Pill |
17.3
|
5.9
|
| Condom |
15.0
|
3.1
|
| Traditional
Methods(1) |
11.2
|
5.4
|
| Female
Sterilization |
10.4
|
22.0
|
| IUD |
7.6
|
16.3
|
| Male
Sterilization |
7.2
|
3.6
|
| Other
Modern Methods |
1.6
|
0.8
|
| Injection |
0.1
|
3.1
|
| Not
Using a Method |
29.6
|
39.8
|
|
|
|
| Note:
Totals may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.
|
| (1)
Traditional methods include periodic abstinence (rhythm method) and
withdrawal.
|
|
|
|
| Source:
United Nations Population Division, World Contraceptive Use 2001
(New York: May 2002).
|
| Timeline
of the Development of Modern Contraceptives |
|
|
|
| Method |
Year
of First Approval |
Year
of First Approval in U.S. |
|
|
|
| Oral
contraceptives |
1960 |
1960 |
|
|
|
| Inert
IUDs |
1961 |
1961 |
|
|
|
| Copper
IUDs |
1971 |
1971 |
|
|
|
| Injectables |
1975 |
1992 |
|
|
|
| Hormonal
intrauterine systems |
1976 |
1976 |
|
|
|
| Implants |
1983 |
1991 |
|
|
|
| Emergency
contraceptives |
1984 |
1998 |
|
|
|
| Medical
abortions |
1988 |
2000 |
|
|
|
| Source:
John Bongaarts and Elof Johansson, Future Trends in Contraception
in the Developing World: Prevalence and Method Mix, Policy Research
Division Working Paper No. 141 (New York: The Population Council,
2000). |
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