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Use of contraception prevents pregnancy-related health risks for women, especially for adolescent girls, and when births are separated by less than two years, the infant mortality rate is 45% higher than it is when births are 2-3 years and 60% higher than it is when births are four or more years apart [1].
5 Σεπ 2023 · Key facts. Among the 1.9 billion women of reproductive age group (15–49 years) worldwide in 2021, 1.1 billion have a need for family planning; of these, 874 million are using modern contraceptive methods, and 164 million have an unmet need for contraception (1).
Sex education is associated with increased rates of contraceptive use at first sexual intercourse and 15–17 months after interventions [, , ]. Exposure to comprehensive sex education is associated with reduced teen pregnancy, HIV, and STIs [3,4,6].
Understanding their values and preferences can help providers and programs improve contraceptive care for young people. Various social, cultural, and method-specific factors influence a young person's values and preferences around contraceptive methods.
Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. The fertility rate, expressed as the number of children per woman, is based on age-specific fertility rates in one particular year.
4 Μαρ 2021 · Globally in 2019, the estimated proportion of adolescent women (ages 15–19 years) who were using modern methods of contraception was 9.1% (UI = 7.4–12.8) . Majority of adolescent users report using a modern method, 89.2% (95%UI = 83.0–91.9) in 2019 increasing from 68.5% (95%UI = 54.7–77.5) in 1990.
22 Ιουλ 2022 · The study finds that, compared to other groups, women and adolescents in the 15-19 and 20-24 age groups have the lowest rates of demand satisfied globally – estimated at 65% and 72%,...
