Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

 

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• Impaired fecundity
• Implant contraceptives
• Infertility
• Infertility services
• Injectable contraceptives (Depo-Provera^TM and Lunelle^TM) - See also Contraception
• Intended pregnancy
  • Births reported by females
  • Births reported by males
• IUD (intrauterine device) - See also Contraception

 

Impaired fecundity

NOTE: The difference between impaired fecundity and infertility: In the report cited below, "infertility" is presented only for married couples and refers only to problems getting pregnant. "Impaired fecundity" is presented for all women, regardless of marital status, and includes problems getting pregnant and problems carrying a baby to term.

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 15-44 years of age (of all marital statuses) who have impaired fecundity (i.e., who are not surgically sterile, and for whom it is difficult or impossible to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term)	11.8%	10.9%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 67 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Percent of currently married, childless women 15-44 years of age who have impaired fecundity by current age:

	20021	2006-20102
Total 15-44 years	25.3%	21.2%
15-29 years	17.3%	11.0%
30-34 years	24.5%	14.2%
35-39 years	33.9%	39.3%
40-44 years	42.8%	47.1%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 68 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Implant contraceptives

Hormonal implant (Norplant^TM) contraceptive use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse, 2002 and 2006-2008:

• Percent of women who have ever used hormonal implant (Norplant^TM) contraceptives: 2.1% (2002) and 1.4% (2006-2008)
• Percent of women who ever used Norplant^TM who discontinued (stopped) use, 2002: 41.6%
• Leading reason for discontinuing (stopping) Norplant^TM use, 2002: side effects (70.6%)

Sources:

Series 23, No. 25, Tables 53 and 66 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

Series 23, No. 29, Table 3 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

 

Infertility

NOTE: The difference between impaired fecundity and infertility: In the report cited below, "infertility" is presented only for married couples and refers only to problems getting pregnant. "Impaired fecundity" is presented for all women, regardless of marital status, and includes problems getting pregnant and problems carrying a baby to term.

 

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of all married women 15-44 years of age who are infertile (i.e., who are not surgically sterile, and have had at least 12 consecutive months of unprotected sexual intercourse without becoming pregnant)	7.4%	6.0%

 

Percent of currently married, childless women 15-44 years of age who are infertile by current age:

	20021	2006-20102
Total 15-44 years	16.6%	14.0%
15-29 years	11.0%	8.1%
30-34 years	16.9%	9.1%
35-39 years	22.6%	24.7%
40-44 years	27.4%	29.7%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 69 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Infertility services

	20021	2006-20102
Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever received any infertility services	11.9% (7.3 million)	11.9% (7.4 million)

 

Percent of women 15-44 years of age who have ever received infertility services, by type of service:

	20021	2006-20102
Advice	6.1%	6.5%
Medical help to prevent miscarriage	5.5%	4.9%
Tests on woman or man	4.8%	5.1%
Ovulation drugs	3.8%	4.0%
Artificial insemination	1.1%	1.2%

 

Percent of childless women 15-44 years of age who have ever received any infertility service, by current age:

	20021	2006-20102
Total 15-44 years	7.1%	6.5%
15-29 years	2.9%	3.2%
30-34 years	17.3%	15.3%
35-39 years	15.2%	20.1%
40-44 years	29.1%	24.0%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 25, Table 97 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

Injectable contraceptives

See also Contraception

Injectable contraceptive use among women 15-44 years of age, 2006-2008:

• Depo-Provera^TM (3-month injectable)¹
  • Percent of women who have ever used Depo-Provera^TM: 22.2%
  • Percent of all women currently using Depo-Provera^TM: 2.0%
  • Percent of women who ever used Depo-Provera^TM who discontinued (stopped) use: 43.4%
  • Leading reason for discontinuing (stopping) Depo-Provera^TM: side effects (75.5% of those who stopped using it)
• Lunelle^TM (1-month injectable)²
  • Percent of women who have ever used Lunelle^TM: 1.9%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 29, Tables 1, 4, and 15 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

²Series 23, No. 29, Table 1 [PDF - 1.5 MB]

 

Intended pregnancy

 

Births reported by females

Percent of births that were intended, mistimed, or unwanted by the mother (births in the 5 years before the interview):

	1982	1988	2002	2006-2010
Intended (i.e., pregnancy that the mother wanted to have when she became pregnant)	63.5%	60.9%	65.1%	62.9%
Mistimed (i.e., pregnancy that the mother wanted to have but it occurred too soon)	26.7%	26.7%	20.8%	23.3%
Unwanted (i.e., pregnancy that the mother did not want ever)	9.8%	12.4%	14.1%	13.8%

Source: NHSR No. 55, Table 1 [PDF - 417 KB]

 

Births reported by males

Percent of births that were intended, mistimed, unwanted by the father (births in the 5 years before the interview:

	20021	2006-20102
Intended (i.e., pregnancy that the father wanted to have at approximately the time partner became pregnant)	65.2%	62.5%
Mistimed (i.e., pregnancy that the father wanted to have but it occurred too soon)	24.8%	26.1%
Unwanted (i.e., pregnancy that the father did not want ever)	8.6%	10.3%

Sources:

¹Series 23, No. 26, Table 8 [PDF - 3.5 MB]

²Special tabulation by NCHS

 

IUD (intrauterine device)

See also Contraception

IUD use among women 15-44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse, 2006-2008:

• Percent of women who have ever used an IUD: 7.4%
• Percent of women currently using an IUD: 3.4%

Source: Series 23, No. 29, Tables 1 and 4 [PDF - 1.5 MB]