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The preliminary DHS report does not report sources of FP services but analysis of government's contraceptive prevalence report suggests that 44% avail public sector services and that the role of NGOs has increased from 11% in 2006-7 to around 40%. The total change in users of FP services between 2006 and 2012 was around 700,000 women.
Contraceptive use among women in Sub-Saharan Africa has risen from about 5% in 1991 to about 30% in 2006. [7] However, due to extreme poverty, lack of access to birth control, and restrictive abortion laws, many women still resort to clandestine abortion providers for unintended pregnancy, resulting in about 3% obtaining unsafe abortions each year.
[105] In Mozambique, despite efforts in improving access to modern contraceptive methods, the general fertility rate is "still high at 5.3 and the unmet need for contraceptives is also high at 26%." Among young women, the fertility rate has dramatically increased from 167 births per 1000 aged between (15–19 years) in 2011 to 194 in 2015 with ...
The prevalence of condom use varies greatly between countries. Most surveys of contraceptive use are among married women, or women in informal unions. Japan has the highest rate of condom usage in the world: in that country, condoms account for almost 80% of contraceptive use by married women.
In the 1965–2009 period, contraceptive usage has more than tripled (from 13% of married women in 1970 to 48% in 2009) and the fertility rate has more than halved (from 5.7 in 1966 to 2.6 in 2009), but the national fertility rate is still high enough to cause long-term population growth.
Usage rates of male sterilization, despite being much cheaper than female sterilization, remain very low at only 1%. Knowledge on emergency contraceptive pills among married women was found to be very low. Reportedly, only 14% ever heard of it. [2] Discontinuation or switching of the contraceptive method can be attributed to various reasons.
Oral Contraceptive Pill. The contraceptive prevalence rate is 62% among currently married women aged 15–49. Among them, 52% of women use modern contraceptive methods, and 10% use traditional methods. Oral pill is the most commonly used method (25%). 12% of currently married women in Bangladesh have an unmet need for family planning. [24]
Map of countries by fertility rate. India's fertility rate has greatly decreased in recent years and is now distinctly below the global rate. 1966 family planning stamp from India. Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government. From 1965 to 2009, contraceptive usage has more than tripled (from 13% of ...