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Table 5 Episodes of contraceptive use, discontinuation, failure, and subsequent experience of induced abortion, by specific contraceptive method, Uttar Pradesh, 2009–14

From: Abortions followed by contraceptive failures in Northern India: an analysis of contraceptive histories (2009–2014)

Methods

Episodes used in calendar data

Discontinued episodes

Episodes of failure

Episodes of failure ending in induced abortion

 

(N)

(%)

(n)

(%)

(n)

(%)

(n)

(%)

Pill

662

8.8

419

63.3

31

7.4

11

35.5

IUD/PPIUD

638

8.5

317

49.7

5

1.6

2

40.0

Condom

3542

47.3

2120

59.9

169

8.0

60

35.5

Rhythm

1825

24.4

1037

56.8

104

10.0

18

17.3

Withdrawal

495

6.6

287

58.0

41

14.3

12

29.3

Modern reversible method

5134

68.5

3053

59.5

210

6.9

74

35.2

Traditional method

2362

31.5

1349

57.1

146

10.8

30

20.5

All reversible method

7496

100

4402

58.7

356

8.1

104

29.2

  1. Source: Estimated by the authors. N total episodes of contraception, n refers to the subset of total episodes of contraception ending into discontinued cases, failure cases, and abortion cases