Table 2 Percentage distribution of women aged 15–49 currently using contraception according to method used, by region, Brazil, 1996 DHS.
From: Assessing regional differences in contraceptive discontinuation, failure and switching in Brazil
Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Centre-West | National | |
Female sterilization | 65 | 63 | 45 | 33 | 66 | 49 |
Pill | 15 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 22 | 28 |
Condoms | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
Male sterilization | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Injections | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other modern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Withdrawal | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Periodic abstinence | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Folk methods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |