Life and Family: Contraceptive Failure Rate Chart

News Resources Tools Columns Documents ACI Group

Contenidos del sub-menu

Contraceptive Failure Rate Chart

Contraceptive Method	Failure Rate in Preventing Pregnancies (pregnancies per 100 users per year)	Protection Against STDs
Depo Provera Injection	3% with typical use¹	None
Patch (Ortho Evra)	8%²	None
Vaginal Ring (Nuva Ring)	8%²	None
Tubal Ligation	0.5%²	None
Mini-pills (progestin-only pills)	8% with typical use¹	None
IUD (dependent upon type of IUD)	1.8%²	None
Birth Control Pills	8% with typical use¹	None
Condom: Male	15% with typical use¹	85% protection against HIV/AIDs, some protection from other STDs³
Condom: Female	21% with typical use¹	Some protection
Cervical Cap (Women who have not delivered vaginally)	16% with typical use in women who have not delivered vaginally¹	None
Reality Sponge (women with no children	16%²	None
Reality Sponge (women with children)	32%²	None
Diaphram	16% with typical use¹	None
Spermicide only	29%²	None
Cervical Cap (Women who have delivered vaginally)	32% with typical use in women who have delivered vaginally¹	None

Note: Contraception failure rate for t een women within two years of beginning use is 21%

¹Consumer Reports, Condoms and Contraception, February 2005.

²Trussel J. Contraceptive Efficacy. In Hatcher RA, Trussell J, Stewart F, Nelson A, Cates W, Guest F, Kowal D. Contraceptive Technology: 18^th Revised Edition. New York NY: Ardent Media, 2004.

³Hitchcock P. Scientific Evidence on Condom Effectiveness for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention: Workshop Summary. Hernfon (VA): DIANE Publishing, 2001. (From a workshop help by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, June 12-13, 2001.)

Printed with permission from the Concerned Parents Report.

ADVERTISING
CNA does not necessarily endorse these advertisers. Please proceed with discretion. If you feel that a website announced has inappropriate or offensive content, please send it by e-mail to catholicna@catholicna.com