Table 5.

Reasons for discontinuation of baseline contraceptive method in Contraceptive CHOICE Project

	LARC						Non-LARC
	LNG-IUD		Cu-IUD		Implant		DMPA		OCP		Patch		Ring
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Bleeding changes	136	19.1	75	35.2	133	45.5	58	25.6	49	12.3	4	4.8	39	10.4
Pain	82	11.5	37	17.4	8	2.7	4	1.8	3	0.8	2	2.4	9	2.4
Did not like “side effects”	181	25.4	20	9.4	81	27.7	76	33.5	62	15.6	34	41.0	100	26.7
Desired pregnancy	67	9.4	22	10.3	17	5.8	4	1.8	8	2.0	3	3.6	15	4.0
Method failed	9	1.3	3	1.4	0	0	2	0.9	25	6.3	4	4.8	11	2.9
Expulsion/came off /fell out	96	13.5	26	12.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	6.0	14	3.7
Difficult to use	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	5.3
Logistics*	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	9.7	169	42.5	14	16.9	89	23.7
All others	142	19.8	30	14.1	53	18.2	61	26.7	82	20.6	17	20.5	78	20.8
TOTAL	713		213		292		227		398		83		375

^aLARC, long-acting reversible contraception

^bLNG, levonorgestrel

^cIUD, intrauterine device

^dCu, copper

^eDMPA, depo medroxyprogesterone acetate

^fOCP, oral contraceptive pill

^*Time, hard to get, remember