Contraception

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Abstract
THE latest published survey of contraceptive use in the United States was conducted in 1987. Of the 57.4 million women in the reproductive age group (15 to 44 years), 16.1 million (28 percent) were not exposed to unwanted pregnancy.1 Of the remaining 41.3 million women who were exposed, all but 3.3 million (8 percent) used some method of contraception. Sterilization was the method most frequently used to prevent conception and was used by about one third of these women. Of the reversible methods of contraception, oral contraceptives, used by about 13.2 million women, were the most popular. These methods were . . .