2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
CONTRACEPTION
What method of birth control were you using when you got pregnant?1
Birth Control Type Total NO  YES 
Respond.# N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Birth Control Pill^ 151 102 66.8 56.9-75.3 49 33.2 24.7-43.1
Condoms^  149 88 59.1 49.2-68.3 61 40.9 31.7-50.8
Injection (Depo-Provera) 142 136 96.0 89.6-98.5 6 4.0 1.5-10.4
Contraceptive Implant (Implanon) 142 140 96.9 88.4-99.2 2 3.1 0.8-11.6
Contraceptive patch or vaginal ring 141 138 98.6 94.0-99.7 3 1.4 0.3-6.0
IUD (including Mirena or Pargard) 141 137 97.5 92.2-99.2 4 2.5 0.8-7.8
Natural family planning (including rhythm method) 146 127 87.2 80.0-92.1 19 12.8 7.9-20.0
Withdrawal (pulling out)^ 169 98 53.7 44.6-62.6 71 46.3 37.4-55.4
Other 149 139 93.4 86.9-96.8 10 6.6 3.2-13.1
1Asked of mothers that reported that they did not try to get pregnant and were using at least one method of birth control to keep from getting pregnant at the time of conception.
^Detailed tables are available for the following methods: Birth control pills; Condoms; Withdrawal. 
Overall prevalences are available for all the birth control types listed here.
#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.