Table 1.
Baseline demographics
| All IUD attempts |
Successful insertions |
Unsuccessful insertions |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=197 | n=162 (82.2%) | n=35 (17.8%) | ||
| Mean (S.D.) | Mean (S.D.) | Mean (S.D.) | ||
| Age, years | 23 (3.39) | 23 (3.73) | 23 (3.31) | |
| n (%a) | n (%a) | n (%a) | p value | |
| Race | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 127 (64.4) | 108 (66.7) | 19 (54.2) | .17 |
| Hispanic | 36 (18.2) | 29 (17.9) | 7 (20) | .77 |
| Other | 34 (17.2) | 25 (15.4) | 9 (25.7) | .14 |
| Parity | ||||
| Nulliparous | 138 (70) | 109 (67.2) | 27 (77.1) | .25 |
| Parous | 59 (30) | 53 (32.7) | 8 (22.9) | |
| Birth control method prior | ||||
| None | 50 (25.4) | 41 (25.3) | 9 (25.7) | .96 |
| Hormonal | 29 (14.7) | 27 (16.7) | 2 (5.7) | .10 |
| Non-hormonal | 64 (32.5) | 52 (32.1) | 12 (34.3) | .80 |
| Multiple | 54 (27.4) | 42 (25.9) | 12 (34.3) | .31 |
a
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.