12.18.08

Effectiveness of Alternate Forms of Birth Control

Posted in Uncategorized at 12:37 am by Administrator

Research has been done to assess the lowest expected and typical percentage of accidental pregnancy (in the US) during the first year of using a variety of birth control methods.

The typical percentages of accidental pregnancy during the first year of use is as follows for commons methods:

Chance (85%)
Spermicides (21%)
Periodic Abstinence (20%)
Withdrawal (18%)
Cap (18%)
Sponge (18-28%)
Diaphragm (18%)
Condom (12%)
UDI (3%)
Pill (3%)
Injectable Progestogen (0.3-0.4)
Implants (0.04-0.03)
Female Sterilization (0.4)
Male Sterilization/Vasectomy (0.15)

These numbers are best guesses by researchers in the field and include a number of caveats, but serve to illustrate the relative risk of pregnancy with alternative forms of birth control.

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1 Comment »

  1. California Vasectomy Reversal said,

    January 27, 2009 at 1:23 am

    I think none of the birth control methods can be relied on fully. :)

    -Martin

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