CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATES (MODERN METHODS - WOMEN IN UNION)
Country Rate (%) Age Year Source
Antigua and Barbuda 37. 15-44 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Barbados 46. 15-44 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Belize 43. 15-47 1985 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989"
47. 15-47 1991 Belize Family Health Survey (Preliminary)
Bolivia 10. 15-49 1983 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
12. 15-49 1989 Demographic and Health Survey
Brazil * 56. 15-44 1980 Program statistics via the Population Council
57. 15-44 1986 Demographic and Health Survey
Colombia 41. 15-49 1980 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
43. 15-44 1984 Program statistics via the Population Council
54. 15-44 1986 Demographic and Health Survey
55. 15-49 1990 Demographic and Health Survey
Costa Rica * 65. 15-49 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
65. 15-44 1984 Service statistics
58. 15-44 1986 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989"
Dominica 47. 15-44 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Dominican Republic 25. 15-49 1983 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
47. 15-44 1986 Demographic and Health Survey
52. 15-49 1991 Demographic and Health Survey
Ecuador 34. 15-49 1982 Demographic and Health Survey
36. 15-49 1987 Demographic and Health Survey
42. 15-49 1989 ENDEMAIN Survey
El Salvador 46. 15-44 1985 Demographic and Health Survey
44. 15-44 1988 1988 Family Health Survey
48. 15-44 1993 FESAL-93 (Preliminary Report)
Grenada 27. 15-44 1985 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Guatemala * 25. 15-44 1983 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989"
19. 15-44 1987 Demographic and Health Survey
Haiti 4. 15-49 1983 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
6. 15-49 1987 "Survie et Sante de L'Enfant en Haiti"
9. 15-44 1989 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Honduras 24. 15-49 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
30. 15-44 1984 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989"
33. 15-49 1987 Epidemiology and Family Health Survey
35. 15-49 1991 Epidemiology and Family Health Survey
Jamaica 40. 15-49 1983 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
51. 15-49 1989 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Mexico 41. 15-49 1982 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1982"
46. 15-49 1987 Demographic and Health Survey
Nicaragua 23. 15-49 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
45. 15-49 1993 Encuesta sobre Salud Familiar Nicaragua 92-93
Panama 54. 15-44 1984 Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989"
Paraguay 29. 15-44 1987 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
35. 15-49 1990 Demographic and Health Survey
Peru 20. 15-49 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
24. 15-44 1986 Demographic and Health Survey
33. 15-49 1992 Demographic and Health Survey
St. Kitts and Nevis 38. 15-44 1984 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
St. Lucia 40. 15-44 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
St. Vincent and Grens. 40. 15-44 1981 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Trinidad and Tobago 46. 15-44 1987 Demographic and Health Survey
Source: Center for Health Information, 3/94
Definition: An estimate of the proportion of women, aged 15 through 44 (or in some countries, 15
through 49), in union or married, currently using a modern method of contraception.
* The values where an (*) appears in the column for country name are taken from
sources which did not distinguish modern from all methods.