Table 3: Percentage of Married Women of Reproductive Age Using Oral
Contraceptives as Reported in Representative Sample Surveys, 1980-1999
  % Using 
Region & Country Year Any Method OCs % of Contraceptors Using OCs
AFRICA, SUB SAHARAN
Benin 1981-82
1996		   9.0
16.4		   0.2
  1.0		   2.2
  6.1
Botswana 1984
1988
1996		 28.0
33.0
41.7		 10.0
14.8
17.7		 35.7
44.8
42.4
Burkina Faso
   preliminary data		 1993
1998-99		   7.9
11.9		   2.1
  1.8		 26.6
15.1
Burundi 1987   8.7   0.2   2.3
Cameroon 1991
1998		 16.0
19.3		   1.0
  2.0		   6.3
10.4
Cape Verde 1998 52.9 18.2 34.4
Central African Rep. 1994-95 14.8   1.1   7.4
Chad 1996-97   4.1   0.6 14.6
Comoros 1996 21.0   2.9 13.8
Congo, Dem. Rep. of 1991   8.0   0.4   5.0
Cote d'Ivoire

   preliminary data		 1980-81
1994
1998-99		   3.0
11.0
15.0		   0.4
  2.0
  3.5		 13.3
18.2
23.3
Eritrea 1995   8.0   2.0 25.0
Ethiopia 1990   4.3   1.9 44.2
Gambia 1990 11.8   3.3 28.0
Ghana

   preliminary data		 1988
1993-94
1998		 13.0
20.3
22.1		   2.0
  3.2
  3.9		 15.4
15.8
17.6
Guinea 1992-93
1999*		   2.0
  4.2		   0.5
  2.1		 25.0
50.0
Kenya 1984
1989
1993
1998		 17.0
27.0
33.0
39.0		   3.0
  5.0
10.0
  8.5		 17.6
18.5
30.3
21.8
Lesotho 1991-92 23.0   7.0 30.4
Liberia 1986   6.4   3.3 51.6
Madagascar 1992
1997		 17.0
19.3		   1.0
  2.4		   5.9
12.9
Malawi 1992
1996		 13.0
21.9		   2.4
  3.4		 18.5
15.5
Mali 1987
1995-96		   5.0
  6.7		   1.0
  3.1		 20.0
46.3
Mauritania 1990   3.0   0.5 16.7
Mauritius 1985
1991		 75.0
74.7		 21.0
20.9		 28.0
28.0
Mozambique 1997   5.6   1.4 25.0
Namibia 1992 28.9   8.3 28.7
Niger 1992
1998		   4.4
  8.2		   1.5
  2.8		 34.1
34.1
Nigeria 1990   6.1   1.2 19.7
Reunion 1990> 72.9 39.9 54.7
Rwanda 1992
1996		 21.9
13.7		   3.3
  2.4		 15.1
17.5
Senegal 1986
1992-93
1997		 11.3
  7.0
12.9		   1.2
  2.0
  3.3		 10.6
28.6
25.6
South Africa

   preliminary data		 1981
1988
1998		 48.0
50.0
56.3		 15.0
13.0
10.6		 31.3
26.0
18.8
Swaziland 1988 19.8   5.5 27.8
Tanzania 1991-92
1996		 10.4
18.4		   3.4
  5.5		 32.7
29.9
Togo 1988
1998		 33.8
23.5		   0.4
  1.2		   1.2
  5.1
Uganda 1988-89
1995		   4.9
14.8		   1.1
  2.6		 22.4
17.6
Zaire 1991   8.0   0.4   5.0
Zambia 1992
1996		 15.0
25.9		   4.0
  7.2		 26.7
27.8
Zimbabwe

   preliminary data		 1988-89
1994
1998		 43.0
48.1
53.5		 31.0
33.1
35.5		 72.1
68.8
66.4
ASIA & PACIFIC
Bahrain 1989
1995		 53.0
61.0		 13.0
11.0		 24.5
18.0
Bangladesh 1979-80
1983
1985
1991
1993-94
1996-97		   9.0
19.1
25.0
40.0
44.6
49.2		   4.0
  3.3
  5.0
14.0
17.4
20.8		 44.4
17.3
20.0
35.0
39.0
42.3
Bhutan 1994 19.0   2.0 10.5
China 1982
1985
1988
1992
1997
1998		 69.5
74.0
71.1
84.6
83.8
83.8		   5.9
  5.0
  3.5
  3.1
  1.7
  2.4		   8.5
  6.8
  4.9
  3.7
  2.0
  2.9
Dem. Kampuchea (Cambodia) 1995 12.6   1.3 10.3
Hong Kong 1987
1992		 81.0
86.0		 16.0
17.0		 19.8
19.8
India 1988
1992-93		 43.0
40.7		   1.0
  1.2		   2.3
  2.9
Indonesia 1987
1991
1994
1996		 48.0
50.0
54.7
57.4		 16.0
15.0
17.1
15.4		 33.3
30.0
31.3
26.8
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of 1990-92 62.0   0.1   0.2
Korea, Rep. of 1991 79.0   3.0   3.8
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 1993 19.0   6.0 31.6
Malaysia 1984
1988		 51.0
48.0		 12.0
15.0		 23.5
31.3
Mongolia 1994 61.0   1.0   1.6
Myanmar (Burma) 1992
1997		 17.0
32.7		   4.0
  7.4		 23.5
22.6
Nepal 1991
1996		 23.0
28.5		   1.0
  1.4		   4.3
  4.9
Pakistan 1990-91
1994-95		 11.8
18.0		   0.7
  1.0		   5.9
  5.6
Papua New Guinea 1996 25.9   4.4 17.0
Philippines 1983
1986
1993
1996
1997
1998		 39.0
45.0
40.0
48.1
47.0
46.5		   7.0
  6.0
8.5
11.6
12.5
  9.9		 17.9
13.3
21.3
24.1
26.6
21.3
Singapore 1982 74.2 11.6 15.6
Sri Lanka 1982
1987
1993		 57.8
61.7
66.0		   2.7
  4.1
  6.0		   4.7
6.6
  9.1
Thailand 1981
1984
1987
1993		 59.0
65
65.5
74.0		 20.0
20.0
18.6
27.0		 33.9
30.8
28.4
36.5
Vietnam 1988
1994
1997		 53.0
65.0
75.3		   0.4
  2.0
  4.3		   0.8
  3.1
  5.7
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Belarus 1995 50.4   6.7 13.3
Czech Republic 1993 68.9   8.1 11.8
Estonia 1994 70.0   4.0   5.7
Hungary 1986
1992-93		 73.0
84.4		 39.0
41.2		 53.4
48.8
Latvia 1995 48.0   8.0 16.7
Lithuania 1994-95 65.9   4.7   7.1
Kazakhstan 1995
1999*		 59.1
66.1		   1.8
  2.4		   3.0
  3.6
Kyrgyz Republic 1997 59.5   1.7   2.9
Moldova 1997 73.7   2.1   2.8
Romania
   preliminary data		 1993
1999		 57.3
63.9		   3.2
  7.9		   5.6
12.4
Russia (three urban areas) 1996 71.9   7.4 10.3
Slovakia 1991 74.0   5.0   6.8
Ukraine preliminary data 1999 67.3   2.9   4.3
Uzbekistan 1996 55.6   1.7   3.1
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda 1988 53.0 26.0 49.1
Bahamas 1988 64.9 33.1 51.0
Barbados 1980-81
1988		 47.0
55.0		 17.0
26.2		 36.2
47.6
Belize 1991 46.7 14.9 31.9
Bolivia 1989
1994
1998		 30.0
45.3
48.3		   2.0
  2.8
  3.8		   6.7
  6.2
  7.9
Brazil 1986
1996		 66.0
76.7		 25.0
20.7		 37.9
27.0
Colombia 1978
1980
1986
1990
1995		 46.1
48.5
64.8
66.0
72.2		 17.2
17.4
16.4
14.0
12.9
35.9
25.3
21.2
17.9
Costa Rica 1981
1986
1993		 66.0
70.8
75.0		 22.0
19.2
18.0		 33.3
27.1
24.0
Cuba 1987 70.0 10.0 14.3
Dominica 1981
1987		 49.0
49.8		 16.0
16.5		 32.7
33.1
Dominican Republic 1983
1986
1991
1996		 47.0
50.0
56.0
63.7		   9.0
  8.8
10.0
12.9		 19.1
17.6
17.9
20.3
Ecuador


   preliminary data		 1987
1989
1994
1999		 44.3
53.0
57.0
65.8		   8.5
  9.0
10.0
11.1		 19.2
17.0
17.5
16.9
El Salvador 1985
1993
1998		 47.0
53.3
59.7		   7.0
  8.7
  8.1		 14.9
16.3
13.6
Grenada 1985
1990		 31.0
54.0		   8.0
15.0		 25.8
27.8
Guatemala 1983
1987
1995
1998-99		 25.0
23.0
31.4
38.2		   5.0
  4.0
  3.8
  5.0		 20.0
17.4
12.1
13.1
Haiti 1989
1994-95		 10.0
18.0		   4.0
  3.1		 40.0
17.2
Honduras 1981
1984
1987
1991-92
1996		 27.0
35.0
41.0
47.0
50.0		 12.0
13.0
13.0
10.0
  9.9		 44.4
37.1
31.7
21.3
19.8
Jamaica 1983
1991-92
1993
1997		 52.0
67.0
62.6
71.2		 21.0
24.0
21.0
27.9		 40.4
40.4
35.8
33.5
39.2
Mexico 1982
1987
1995		 47.7
52.7
66.5		 14.2
  9.7
  8.3		 29.8
18.4
12.5
Monserrat 1984 53.0 31.0 58.5
Nicaragua 1981
1992
1998		 27.0
49.0
60.3		   9.7
13.0
13.9		 35.9
26.5
23.1
Panama 1979-80
1984		 62.0
58.2		 19.0
11.8		 30.6
20.3
Paraguay


   preliminary data		 1987
1990
1995-96
1998		 45.0
48.4
50.7
58.6		 14.0
13.6
13.5
12.9		 31.1
28.1
26.6
22.0
Peru 1981
1986
1991-92
1996		 43.0
45.8
59.0
64.2		   5.0
  6.5
  6.0
  6.2		 11.6
14.2
10.2
  9.7
Puerto Rico 1982
1995-96		 70.0
77.7		   9.0
  9.7		 12.9
12.4
St. Kitts-Nevis 1984 40.6 19.7 48.5
St. Lucia 1984
1988		 43.0
47.0		 21.0
18.0		 48.8
38.3
St. Vincent/Grenadines 1981
1988		 42.0
58.3		 13.0
24.3		 31.0
41.7
Trinidad & Tobago 1987 52.7 14.0 26.6
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Algeria 1992
1995		 47.0
52.0		 39.0
44.0		 83.0
84.6
Egypt 1980
1984
1988
1995		 24.2
28.7
35.4
47.9		 16.6
16.5
15.3
10.4		 68.6
57.5
43.2
21.7
Gaza Strip 1996 33.9   2.7   8.0
Iran 1992 65.0 23.0 35.4
Iraq 1989 13.7   4.7 34.3
Jordan 1983
1990
1997		 26.0
35.0
52.6		   8.0
  5.0
  6.5		 30.8
14.3
12.4
Kuwait 1987 34.6 24.0 69.4
Lebanon 1996 61.0 10.0 16.4
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1995 45.2 9.6 21.2
Morocco 1980
1983-84
1987
1992
1995		 19.7
25.5
35.9
41.5
50.3		 13.9
16.8
22.9
28.1
32.2		 70.6
65.9
63.8
67.7
64.0
Oman 1988
1995		 9.0
22.0		   2.0
  6.0		 22.2
27.3
Quatar 1987 32.1 13.1 40.8
Sudan 1989-90   8.7   3.9 44.8
Sudan (North) 1992-93   8.0   5.0 62.5
Syrian Arab Republic 1993 39.6   9.9 25.0
Tunisia 1983
1988
1994		 42.0
68.2
59.7		   6.0
34.6
  7.3		 14.3
50.7
12.2
Turkey 1983
1988
1993
1998		 53.0
63.4
62.6
63.9		   8.0
  6.2
  4.9
  4.4		 15.1
  9.8
  7.8
  6.9
United Arab Emirates 1995 27.0 12.0 44.4
West Bank 1996 50.7   4.3   8.5
Yemen 1991-92
1997		   9.7
20.8		   3.2
  3.8		 33.0
18.3
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia 1986 76.0 24.0 31.6
Austria 1981-82 71.0 40.0 56.3
Belgium 1982-83
1991		 81.0
79.6		 32.0
46.6		 39.5
58.5
Canada 1984
1995		 73.0
75.0		 11.0
15.0		 15.1
20.0
Denmark 1988 78.0 26.0 33.3
Finland 1994 79.3 30.6 38.6
France 1988
1994
1998		 81.0
75.0
79.5		 30.0
36.0
38.0		 37.0
48.0
47.8
Germany 1992 75.0 59.0 78.7
Japan 1992
1994		 64.0
59.0		   1.0
  0.4		   1.6
  0.7
Netherlands 1982
1988
1993		 78.0
76.0
79.0		 38.0
41.0
49.0		 48.7
53.9
62.0
New Zealand 1983-86
1995		 74.0
75.0		 15.0
20.0		 20.3
26.7
Norway 1988-89 75.5 17.8 23.6
Portugal 1979-80 66.3 19.1 28.8
Spain 1985
1995		 59.0
81.0		 16.0
14.6		 27.1
18.0
Sweden 1981 78.0 23.0 29.5
Switzerland 1980
1994-95		 71.0
81.9		 28.0
34.1		 39.4
41.6
United Kingdom 1983
1986
1993		 83.0
81.0
82.0		 24.0
19.0
23.0		 28.9
23.5
28.0
United States 1982-83
1987
1988
1990
1995		 68.0
74.0
74.0
71.0
76.4		 13.0
17.0
15.0
15.0
15.6		 19.1
23.0
20.3
21.1
20.4
Sources: Demographic and Health Surveys, Reproductive Health Surveys, United Nations, US Bureau of the Census International Database, and comparable national contraceptive surveys

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