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Percentage distribution of women aged 15–49 currently using contraception according to method used, by region, Brazil, 1996 DHS. |
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| Region |
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| North |
Northeast |
Southeast |
South |
Centre-West |
National |
|
|
|
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| Female sterilization |
65 |
63 |
45 |
33 |
66 |
49 |
| Pill |
15 |
18 |
30 |
44 |
22 |
28 |
| Condoms |
8 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
| Male sterilization |
0 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Injections |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Other modern |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Withdrawal |
2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
| Periodic abstinence |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
| Folk methods |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
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| Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Leite and Gupta Reproductive Health 2007 4:6 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-6 |
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