Table 1. Use and change in use of short-term and long-term contraceptive methods between successive Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), by country and survey year.

Country	DHS year	n	Method
			All			Short-terma			Long-termb
			Use (%)	Change in usec		Use (%)	Change in usec		Use (%)	Change in usec
Cameroon	2004	10 656	26.1	2.1		24.6	2.3		1.4	−0.3
Cameroon	1998	5 501	24.0			22.3			1.7
Ethiopia	2005	14 070	10.3	4.4		10.0	4.4		0.4	0.1
Ethiopia	2000	15 367	5.9			5.6			0.3
Ghana	2003	5 691	20.7	2.7		17.9	1.4		2.6	1.1
Ghana	1998	4 843	18.0			16.5			1.5
Kenya	2003	8 195	28.4	−1.5		22.7	−0.4		5.7	−1.1
Kenya	1998	7 881	29.9			23.1			6.8
Madagascar	2003–04	7 949	21.6	5.6		20.2	5.4		1.3	0.1
Madagascar	1997	7 060	16.0			14.8			1.2
Malawi	2004	11 698	25.7	0.7		20.4	−0.5		5.3	1.3
Malawi	2000	13 220	25.0			20.9			4.0
Mozambique	2003	12 418	25.6	19.6		24.7	19.8		0.8	−0.3
Mozambique	1997	8 779	6.0			4.9			1.1
Namibia	2006–07	9 804	46.6	8.8		40.7	8.3		5.9	0.6
Namibia	2000	6 755	37.8			32.4			5.3
Rwanda	2005	11 321	9.6	2.2		9.0	2.3		0.5	−0.2
Rwanda	2000	10 421	7.4			6.7			0.7
Senegal	2005	14 602	8.7	−2.1		7.5	−1.5		1.1	−0.9
Senegal	1997	8 593	10.8			9.0			2.0
Uganda	2006	8 531	19.6	−0.5		17.3	−0.9		2.2	0.4
Uganda	2000–01	7 246	20.1			18.2			1.8
United Republic of Tanzania	2004–05	10 329	22.5	0.2		19.8	−0.5		2.6	0.5
United Republic of Tanzania	1999	4 029	22.3			20.3			2.1
Zambia	2001–02	7 658	24.6	5.4		22.7	5.3		1.7	0.0
Zambia	1996	8 021	19.2			17.4			1.7

^a Includes pills, condoms, spermicides, injectables, other modern methods, lactational amenorrhea and traditional contraceptive methods.

^b Includes intrauterine devices, implants and female and male sterilization.

^c In percentage points.