Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

V Listing

• Vasectomy
  • Prevalence
  • Main reason for operation

 

Vasectomy

 

Prevalence

• Percent of all women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2010 who are currently relying on vasectomy (male sterilization) as a birth control method: 6.2% (3.8 million)

Source: Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Main reason for operation

Among women ages 15-44 years who report their husband's or partner's vasectomy within the past 5 years:

	20021	2006-20102
Had all the children she wanted	47.0%	38.8%
Husband or cohabiting partner had all the children he wanted	36.4%	42.3%
Medical reasons	5.0%	4.8%
Problems with other methods of birth control	0.5%	3.1%
Other reason	11.1%	11.1%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 73 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS