2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
CONTRACEPTION
What kind of birth control are you or your husband or partner using now to keep from getting pregnant?1
Birth Control Type Total Respondent NO  YES 
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Tubes tied or blocked (female sterilization, Essure, Adiana) 622 549 89.1 85.8-91.8 73 10.9 8.2-14.3
Vasectomy^ 616 591 95.5 93.1-97.2 25 4.5 2.8-5.9
Birth Control Pill   616 467 73.4 68.8-77.5 149 26.6 22.5-31.2
Condoms   624 468 74.7 70.4-78.7 156 25.3 21.3-29.6
Injection (Depo-Provera)   615 564 91.8 88.8-94.1 51 8.2 5.9-11.2
Contraceptive Implant (Implanon)  615 582 94.9 92.4-96.6 33 5.1 3.4-7.6
Contraceptive patch or ring^ 615 595 96.1 93.4-97.7 20 3.9 2.3-6.6
IUD (including Mirena or ParaGard)   615 515 84.4 80.7-87.5 100 15.6 12.5-19.3
Natural family planning (including rhythm method)^  623 587 94.4 92.0-96.1 36 5.6 3.9-8.0
Withdrawal   628 518 81.8 77.9-85.2 110 18.2 14.8-22.1
Not having sex (abstinence) 627 578 91.6 88.4-94.0 49 8.4 6.0-11.6
Other-Unspecified^ 620 608 98.2 96.4-99.1 12 1.8 0.9-3.6
1Asked only of mothers who reported current use of contraception.
^Detailed tables are available for all the contraceptive methods except for Vasectomy, Rhythm Method; Contraceptive Patch; Other Unspecified Methods. 
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.