United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Vital Statistics
NO. 100. CONTRACEPTIVE USE BY CURRENTLY MARRIED WOMEN 15-44 YEARS OLD, BY AGE, RACE,
and M ethod o f C o ntraception : 1965 t o 1976
[1665 data from National Fertility Survey; 1973 and 1976 data, see table 99]
R A C E A N D METHOD OP C O N T R A C E P T I O N
T O T A L , 15 - 4 4 Y E A R S
O L D
1 6 - 2 9 Y E A R S O L D 3 0 - 4 4 YEARS O L D
1 9 6 5 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 6 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 6 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 6
W H I T E W O M E N
0.1,497 2 4 , 2 4 9 2 4 , 7 9 5 9 , 1 6 6 1 0 , 9 6 3 1 1 , 2 1 6 14,261 1 3 , 2 0 6 1 3 , 5 7 7
Percent using contraception....... .............................. 64.1 70.5 6 0 . 8 63.4 70.7 7 0 . 0 6 4 . 5 7 0 . 4 6 7 . 8
Percent dhbftution ot users of contraception..-......... 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0
Wile sterilized...... ....................... ........... ....—...... 6.5 11.6 1 3 . 9 2.8 5.7 6.1 8. 7 1 6 . 5 2 0 . 5
Husband sterilized 5.5 11.9 1 4 . 2 3.2 5.6 6. 0 7. 0 17.1 21.1
PHI................... 2 4 . 0 35.6 3 2 . 9 42.4 5 2 . 9 5 0 . 6 12 . 8 2 1 . 2 1 7 . 8
Intrauterine device ‘ 1.1 9.4 9.2 M . 5 11.9 10 . 5 \ 0 7. 4 8.1
Diaphragm........ 10.4 3.6 4.4 6.6 2.6 4.1 12 . 8 4.4 4. 6
Condom........... 22 . 4 14.1 10.9 19.2 10.5 9.7 2 4 . 4 17.1 11 . 9
Foam............... 3.1 5.0 4.2 4.5 5.3 4. 8 2.2 4.7 3 . 8
Rhyttim......... 11.5 4.1 5.1 8.0 2.0 4.0 1 3 . 7 5.9 6.1
All other........... 15.5 4.8 5.3 11.9 3.5 4.3 17.7 5.9 6.1
B L A C K W O M E N
Currently married (1,000)....... ................ 2,091 2,081 2 , 1 6 9 (NA) 9 6 4 9 9 3 (NA) 1 , 1 1 7 1 , 1 7 7
5 6 . 2 6Q.0 5 8 . 6 62.2 63 . 7 6 1 . 0 61.1 6 6 . 8 6 6 . 5
Percent distribution of users of contraception....-....... 1 0 0 . 0 10 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 100.0 1 0 0 . 0 l o o . o 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0 1 0 0 . 0
15.3 22.7 18.7 7.4 9.8 8. 6 2 3 . 4 3 5 . 2 27 . 9
‘6 *1.7 ‘3. 0 * 4 Y 7 ‘.3 •.7 '2.7 l 5.4
Pill ............ . . . 2 1 . 6 43.6 ae.o 30.9 6 3 . 9 5 6 . 0 1 2 . 3 2 4 . 3 2 1 . 5
2.8 12.7 1 0 . 6 4.6 13.1 9.1 .7 1 2 . 4 1 1 . 9
5.0 *2.0 *3.0 3.3 *1.2 •1.4 6 . 7 ‘ 2. 8 *4 . 5
17 . 4 5.3 7.9 18.7 ‘3.1 8 . 4 1 6 . 0 7. 5 7.4
6.3 5.0 6.5 8.1 3.5 4 . 9 4. 5 6 . 6 8 . 0
Rhythm..............— ....-........- .............................. 2.6 M . 3 *2.4 2.9 ‘1.6 ‘3.1 2. 2 ‘.9 »1.{
All other............... .................................... ............ 28 . 5 5.3 104) 23.5 3.1 8 . 3 3 3 . 5 7 . 6 1 1 . 6
NA Not available. 1Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision.
Source: 1965. Westoff, C. F., “Trends in Contraceptive Practice: 1965-1973/’ In Alan Guttmacher Institute, Fam ily P lanning
Perspectives, vol. 6, No. 2,1976; 1973 and 1976, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. V ital and Health Statistics, series 23,
No. 10, DHHS publication No. 82—1988.
No. 101. L eg al Abortions, by Selected Characteristics: 1973 to 1980
[Number of abortions Irom surveys conducted by source; characteristics from the U.S, Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) annual
abortion surveillance summaries, with adjustments for changes In States reporting data to the CDC each year]
CHARACTERISTIC
H U M B E R (1,000)
PERCENT
DISTRIBUTION
A B O R T I O N
R A T I O 1
1 9 7 3 9 7 4 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 7 197ft 1 9 7 9 I 9 6 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 5 I 9 6 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 9
Total legal abortions........
Age of woman:
Less than IS years old...........
15-19 years old.............. ......
20-24 years old.....................
25-29 years old...................
30-34 years old.....................
35-39 years old.....................
Race of woman:
White.......... ...„
Marital status of woman:
Unmarried................ ....,
Number of prior live births:
None ..... .
1 ........
2 ........
3 .....
4 or more...... .................
None... ...............
1..........................
2 o r3 ..................
Weeks of gestation;
9-10 weeks.........„......
11-12 weeks..............
13 weeks or more___
744.6 698 . 6 1,034.2 1,179.3 1,316.7 1,409.6 1,497.7 1,653.9 0 0 . 0 00.0 100.0 1 9 3 2 9 7
11.6 13.4 15.3 15.8 15.7 15.1 16.2 15.3 1.6 1.5 1.0 4 7 6 5 9 9
232.4 278 , 3 3 2 4 . 9 3 6 2 . 7 396.6 4 1 8 . 6 4 4 4 . 6 4 4 4 . 8 31 . 2 31.4 2 8 . 6 2 8 0 4 4 4
240.6 8 6 . 6 3 3 1 . 6 3 9 2 . 3 449.7 489.4 5 2 5 . 7 54 9 . 4 32 . 3 32.1 3 5 . 4 1 8 1 3 0 4
129.6 6 2 , 7 1 8 8 . 9 2 2 0 . 5 246.7 2 6 6 . 0 2 8 4 . 2 303.8 17.4 18.2 19.6 1 2 8 2 0 8
72.6 89,8 10 0 . 2 110.1 124.4 134.3 142.0 153.1 9.7 9.7 9.8 1 6 5 2 1 3
41.0 4 8 . 8 52.7 56.7 81.7 65.3 65.1 66.6 5.5 5.1 4.3 2 4 6 3 2 2
. 16.8 19.0 20.5 21 . 3 22.0 20.7 19.9 20.9 2.3 2.0 1.3 3 3 4 4 4 7
62 9 . 3 7 0 1 . 2 7 8 4 . 9 888.8 96 6 . 4 1,062.4 1,093.6 73 , 7 67.8 70 . 4 1 7 8 2 7 2
2 6 9 , 3 3 3 3 . 0 3 9 4 . 4 427.9 4 4 0 . 2 43 5 . 3 48 0 . 3 26.3 32.2 2 9 . 6 2 8 2 3 8 5
.(216.2 24 8 . 2 2 7 1 . 9 2 9 0 . 0 299.7 3 5 0 . 6 32 2 . 2 31 9 . 8 29.0 ?6.3 20 . 6 7 4 9 9
66 0 . 4 7 6 2 . 3 8 8 9 . 3 1,017.0 1,059.0 1,175.5 1,234.0 7 1 . 0 73.7 7 9 . 4 5 8 4 6 6 0
.. 375.2 462.5 4 9 9 . 3 5 6 2 . 6 742.5 798.1 66 8 . 2 900.0 50.4 48.3 57 . 9 2 4 2 3 6 5
155.b 2 0 6 3 2 4 4 . 4 2 4 9 4 2 7 1 . 3 2S7.1 30 4 . 6 16.5 20.0 19.6 1 0 8 2 0 1
130.1 1 5 6 . 8 1 6 1 . 5 166,5 198.0 20 7 . 0 21 5 . 6 13,7 15.2 13.9 1 9 0 2 7 9
7 0 . 3 66 . 8 97 . 7 80.0 83.3 82.1 82.9 8.3 8.4 5.3 2 2 8 2 8 9
60 . 2 84.4 93.1 58.4 58.9 53.3 50.6 9.1 8.1 3.3 1 9 6 2 5 6
762.1 622.1 9 1 1 . 3 966.7 094.5 1,023.3 1,040.8 (NA) 79.5 6 7 . 0 (NA) (NA)
112.6 170.4 2 1 3 . 2 267.6 315.5 350.4 371.0 (NA) 16.5 23 . 8 (NA)
24 . 0 41 . 7 64.7 62.2 99.6 1 2 4 . 0 142.1 (NA) 4.0 9 . 2 (NA) (HA)
... 204.3 399.4 4 8 0 . 6 74 8 . 5 (NA)
...221.6 256.5 2 9 0 . 4 33 3 . 6 361.2 386.4 4 1 2 . 9 4 1 6 . 5 29.7 28.1 2 6 . 8
... 130.1 134.1 151.' 171,< 1 7 9 5 1 8 7 / 203.1 2 0 1 .1 17.5 14.6 13 . 0
... 108.2 107.* 112.1 114.4 118.2 125.7 132.6 135.7 14.6 10.B 8.7 (NA) (NA)
NA Not available. dumber of abortions per 1,000 abortions and five births. For 1980, total abortion ratio is 300.
Source: 1973-1978, S. K. Henshaw, J. D. Forrest, E. Sullivan,., and C. Tletee, Abortion 1977*1979: Need a n d Services in the
United States, Each S tate a n d Metropolitan Area, The Alan Guttmacher Institute. New York, N.Y., 1981 (coovrlahtV 1 9 7 9 -1 PRO-
Abortion 1979*1980: N eed and Services in th e U ntied States, Each Stale and M etropolitan Area, AGI New York N Y
forthcoming. ’ ’ ' "