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

Percentage of women 15-44 who have ever had intercourse and who have ever used the contraceptive patch, 2006-2010: 10.4%

Source: NHSR No. 62, Table 1 [PDF - 251 KB]

 

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

 

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

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Pill (oral contraceptive pill)

• Percentage of women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2010 who have ever used the oral contraceptive pill¹ (among women who have ever had sex): 81.9% (43.8 million).
• Percentage of women 15-44 years of age in 2006-2010 who are currently using the pill²: 17.1% (10.6 million).

Sources:

¹ NHSR No. 62, Table 1 [PDF - 251 KB]
² NHSR No. 60, Table 1 [PDF - 443 KB]

 

Premarital sex

Percentage of ever-married men and women who 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

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