Contraception Use Worldwide

There are approximately one billion females who are between the ages of fifteen to forty nine in the world. Of these women nearly sixty one percent of them are in a stable relationship with someone, whether it is marriage, a partnership or just going steady, where there is a consensual sexual relationship. That means over six hundred million women are having sex. Of the women living in developed countries sixty nine percent of them use birth control. In Africa the percentage of women using contraception is only twenty seven percent. In Asia it is sixty four percent as it is in Latin America, but of the women in the Caribbean seventy one percent use some method of birth control. This is because contraception is used more is countries that are more developed where is it much easier to buy what is needed.

The most common method of contraception used by women in the world is sterilization. This can be either by a tubal ligation or a hysterectomy. Twenty one percent of women throughout the world make this their choice. Fourteen percent of women choose IUDs, Intrauterine Device, and seven percent take the Pill. Ninety percent of women who use some type of contraception rely on modern methods to do the job. The more permanent methods of contraception are used more often in developing countries. For example twenty three percent of women in developing centuries are more likely to use some method of sterilization and fifteen percent will likely choose an IUD. Whereas in developing countries sixteen percent of women use the Pill and thirteen percent get their men to use condoms. In developed countries coupes are more likely to use the rhyme method or withdrawal method of birth control then they are in developing countries. It would be thirteen recent in comparison to six percent.

Worldwide the use of contraception has increased dramatically recently. On average, in developing countries there has been a one percent increase yearly. This includes all the developed counties; all fifty six on them. But, even better than this there has been a two percent increasing per year in developing countries. The most recent information is from the years 1990 to 2000. During that timeframe eleven percent more of the women of Africa used contraception as did twelve percent more in Latin America and the Caribbean and eight percent more in Asia. Interestingly in Europe and North American the numbers remain fairly consistently high.

Naturally there is still much educating to do worldwide to help women learn more about their options for contraception use. Only three percent of couples use condoms in developing countries while thirteen percent do in developed countries. The women in these countries still require some assistance in order to allow for better planning of their families. They want to space their children but still do not know who to do it. As well the developing countries have a higher incidence of STDs, including HIV/AIDS and they need help in bringing this under control with better contraception information and availability.

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