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Table 2 Reasons for stopping the last pre-pregnancy contraception according to method type

From: A rise in births following contraceptive failure in France between 2010 and 2016: results from the French national perinatal surveys

 

2010

2016

2016 versus 2010

P value

No. of women

Desire to have a child

N = 9216 (%)

Became pregnant

N = 902 (%)

Other reason

N = 1472 (%)

P value

No. of women

Desire to have a child

N = 7493 (%)

Became pregnant

N = 965 (%)

Other reason

N = 1245 (%)

P value

Total

11,590

79.5

7.8

12.7

 

9703

77.2

10.0

12.8

 

< 0.001

Last contraceptive method

    

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

 

Pill

9304

80.1

7.6

12.3

 

6595

77.6

9.8

12.6

 

< 0.001

IUD

728

82.0

5.1

12.9

 

1059

81.1

4.7

14.2

 

 > 0.05

Implant/patch/vaginal ring

348

73.9

4.3

21.8

 

517

67.5

5.0

27.5

 

> 0.05

Male condom

1045

76.0

10.5

13.5

 

1183

77.4

14.1

8.5

 

 < 0.001

Withdrawal, periodic abstinence or other method

165

67.3

22.4

10.3

 

349

71.9

22.7

5.4

 

 > 0.05