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Table 2 Prevalence of current hormonal contraceptive types by age

From: Changes in Canadian contraceptive choices: results of a national survey on hormonal contraceptive use

 

Contraceptive type

Age (years)

 
  

19–29

247 [36.5]

30–39

256 [37.8]

40–49

174 [25.7]

Total

677

SARC

Oral Contraceptive Pill

129 [52.0]

154 [60.1]

99 [56.8]

382 [56.4]

  Unknown

  54 [21.5]

  66 [25.5]

  45[25.9]

  165[24.4]

  Monophasic

  33 [13.4]

  40 [15.7]

  30 [17.2]

  103 [15.2]

  Progesterone

  17 [6.9]

  16 [6.3]

  14 [8.0]

  47 [6.9]

  Biphasic

  16 [6.5]

  19 [7.5]

  6 [3.4]

  41 [6.1]

  Triphasic

  9 [3.7]

  13 [5.1]

  4 [2.3]

  26 [3.8]

Ring

16 [6.5]

12 [4.7]

6 [3.5]

34 [5.0]

Patch

9 [3.7]

6 [2.3]

5 [2.9]

20 [3.0]

Injection

8 [3.3]

14 [5.5]

5 [2.9]

27 [4.0]

LARC

IUD

75 [30.4]

61 [23.9]

56 [32.2]

192 [28.4]

Implant

10 [4.1]

9 [3.5]

3 [1.7]

22 [3.2]

  1. Note: Percentage of OCP types are provided in the indented section. Contraceptive types are arranged by category (Short-acting reversible contraceptives [SARC] and Long-acting reversible contraceptives [LARC]) listed vertically in the first column. Data are provided as n [%]