|
Country |
Rate(%) |
Age |
Year |
Source |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
37.1 |
15-44 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
Barbados |
45.5 |
15-44 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
Belize
|
42.9 |
15-47 |
1985 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989" |
|
46.7 |
15-47 |
1991 |
Belize Family Health Survey (Preliminary) |
|
|
Bolivia
|
9.9 |
15-49 |
1983 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
12.2 |
15-49 |
1989 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
17.7 |
15-49 |
1994 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Brazil *
|
55.8 |
15-44 |
1980 |
Program statistics via the Population Council |
|
56.5 |
15-44 |
1986 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Colombia
|
41.2 |
15-49 |
1980 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
43.1 |
15-44 |
1984 |
Program statistics via the Population Council |
|
|
54.3 |
15-44 |
1986 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
54.6 |
15-49 |
1990 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Costa Rica *
|
64.6 |
15-49 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
65.0 |
15-44 |
1984 |
Service statistics * |
|
|
58.2 |
15-44 |
1986 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989" |
|
|
Dominica |
47.2 |
15-44 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
Dominican Republic
|
24.5 |
15-49 |
1983 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
47.1 |
15-44 |
1986 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
51.7 |
15-49 |
1991 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Ecuador
|
33.6 |
15-49 |
1982 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
35.9 |
15-49 |
1987 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
42.0 |
15-49 |
1989 |
ENDEMAIN Survey |
|
|
45.9 |
15-49 |
1994 |
ENDEMAIN-94 (Preliminary Survey) |
|
|
El Salvador
|
45.5 |
15-44 |
1985 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
43.7 |
15-44 |
1988 |
1988 Family Health Survey |
|
|
48.3 |
15-44 |
1993 |
FESAL-93 (Preliminary Report) |
|
|
Grenada |
27.1 |
15-44 |
1985 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
Guatemala *
|
25.0 |
15-44 |
1983 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989" |
|
19.1 |
15-44 |
1987 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
26.9 |
15-49 |
1995 |
Demographic and Health Survey, Preliminary Report |
|
|
Haiti
|
3.7 |
15-49 |
1983 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
5.7 |
15-49 |
1987 |
"Survie et Sante de L'Enfant en Haiti" |
|
|
9.4 |
15-44 |
1989 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
|
12.8 |
15-49 |
1989 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Honduras
|
23.6 |
15-49 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
30.3 |
15-44 |
1984 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989" |
|
|
32.9 |
15-49 |
1987 |
Epidemiology and Family Health Survey |
|
|
34.7 |
15-49 |
1991 |
Epidemiology and Family Health Survey |
|
|
Jamaica
|
39.9 |
15-49 |
1983 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
51.1 |
15-49 |
1989 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
|
59.0 |
15-44 |
1993 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
|
Mexico
|
41.1 |
15-49 |
1982 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1982" |
|
45.6 |
15-49 |
1987 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Nicaragua
|
22.7 |
15-49 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
45.0 |
15-49 |
1993 |
Encuesta sobre Salud Familiar Nicaragua 92-93 |
|
|
Panama |
54.2 |
15-44 |
1984 |
Survey -- as cited in "World Population Profile: 1989" |
|
Paraguay
|
29.0 |
15-44 |
1987 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
35.2 |
15-49 |
1990 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
Peru
|
20.0 |
15-49 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
24.1 |
15-44 |
1986 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
32.8 |
15-49 |
1992 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
|
|
St. Kitts |
37.9 |
15-44 |
1984 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
St. Lucia |
40.3 |
15-44 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
St. Vincent |
39.5 |
15-44 |
1981 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Survey |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
45.8 |
15-44 |
1987 |
Demographic and Health Survey |
Source: Center for International Health Information, April 1995.
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 for these countries, in the years indicated, are taken from sources which did not distinguish modern from all methods.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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