Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

P Listing

• Parity - See Births (mothers) and Births (fathers)
• Patch
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Pill (oral contraceptive pill)
• Premarital sex

 

Patch

Percent that ever used the contraceptive patch among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had intercourse, 2006-2008: 10.0%

Source: Series 23, No. 29, Table 1 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

 

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever been treated for PID	5.1%	4.2%
Percent of women 40-44 years of age who have ever been treated for PID	8.0%	5.1%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 107 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Pill (oral contraceptive pill)

• Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2008 who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill: 82.3% (43.8 million).
• Percent of women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2008 who are currently using the pill: 17.3% (10.7 million).

Source: Series 23, No 29, Tables 1 and 4 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

 

Premarital sex

Percent of ever-married men and women who ever had premarital intercourse:

	20021-2	2006-20103
Women (15-44 years of age)	84.9%	86.4%
Men (20-44 years of age)	91.3%	90.6%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 42 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Series 23, No. 26, Table 22 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

³Special tabulation by NCHS