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Table 5 Twelve-month probability of pregnancy after discontinuation of the pill, injectable or implant, by region

From: Return to pregnancy after contraceptive discontinuation to become pregnant: a pooled analysis of West and East African populations

Region

Pill

Injectable

Implant

Francophone West Africa

 Percent

77.4

66.6

61.3

 (CI)

(75.2–79.5)

(64.0–69.2)

(56.9–65.7)

 N

1,616

1,396

530

Anglophone West Africa

  Percent

78.8

71.5

68.5

  (CI)

(75.5–82.0)

(68.4–74.5)

(59.7–76.9)

  N

670

912

125

East Africa

  Percent

85.7

78.8

79.2

  (CI)

(83.4–87.9)

(77.4–80.1)

(75.3–82.9)

  N

960

3,842

495

  1. CI 95% confidence interval