Table 2

Percentage distribution of women aged 15–49 currently using contraception according to method used, by region, Brazil, 1996 DHS.


Region


North
Northeast
Southeast
South
Centre-West
National

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

Total
100
100
100
100
100
100

Leite and Gupta Reproductive Health 2007 4:6   doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-6