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United States: Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)

73.90percent · 2019+9.2% since 1976

Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods. Annual figures for United States from 1965 to 2019.

19652019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201973.9
201775.937
201572.7
201076.422
200877.108
200272.834
199576.4
199070.7
198874.3
198269.7
197667.7
197579
197369.6
197067.6
196566.5

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World Bank (2026). Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-contraceptive-prevalence-any-method (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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