TABLE 2. Contraceptive Prevalence Rates (%) in Pakistan, by Urban and Rural Area and Province, 2012–2013.

	Pakistan (nationally)	Urban Pakistan	Rural Pakistan	Punjab Province	KPK Province	Sindh Province
Short-acting methods
Condoms	8.8	14.8	5.8	9.9	7.0	8.0
Pills	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.1	2.7	1.8
Injectables	2.8	2.5	2.9	2.0	5.2	3.3
LAM	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.3	0.6	0.2
Subtotal	14.7	19.4	12.3	15.3	15.5	13.3
LARCs and PMs
Implants	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
IUD	2.3	2.6	2.2	2.9	1.5	1.2
Female sterilization	8.7	9.6	8.2	10.2	2.4	9.7
Male sterilization	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
Subtotal	11.5	12.7	10.8	13.7	3.9	11.3
All modern methods	26.2	32.1	23.1	29.0	19.4	24.6

Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; KPK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; LAM, Lactational Amenorrhea Method; LARCs, long-acting reversible contraceptives; PMs, permanent methods.

Source: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13.¹¹