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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2016 Sep 24;106(6):1303–1309. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.08.036

Table 1.

Percent of couples using a male contraceptive and efficacy of these methods in the prevention of unintended pregnancy (from references 20 & 21).

Method Year Unintended Pregnancy Rate per year (%)
1992 1995 2002 2008
Vasectomy 11 11 9 10 0.1
Condoms 12 20 18 16 15–20
Withdrawal 2 3 4 5 25–30
Total Male 25 34 31 31