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. 2017 Oct 27;66(20):1–31. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6620a1

TABLE 2. Percentage of women and men aged 15–44 years receiving contraceptive, infertility, and STD/HIV testing and prevention services, by race/ethnicity National Survey of Family Growth, 2011–2013 and National Health Interview Survey, 2013.

Type of service Non-Hispanic white
Non-Hispanic black
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic other or multiple races
% (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Received contraceptive services in past yr* (NSFG)
Women
Among women aged 15–44 yrs at risk for unintended pregnancy
47.9 (44.3–51.6)
44.0 (38.8–49.1)
43.8 (38.6–49.0)
47.0 (40.0–54.0)
    Among women using sterilization, IUD, or implant
28.7 (24.2–33.3)
25.8 (17.7–34.0)
28.1 (21.4–34.7)
§
    Among women using a moderately effective method
98.1 (96.7–99.5)
94.4 (87.4–100)
96.3 (93.3–99.3)

    Among women using a less effective method**
32.2 (24.7–39.7)
34.8 (27.1–42.4)
39.2 (31.3–47.1)

    Among women using no method
19.6 (10.9–28.3)
27.9 (18.5–37.3)
23.2 (13.0–33.5)

Men
Among men aged 15–44 yrs who had vaginal intercourse in the past yr
4.3 (2.6–6.0)
5.3 (3.4–7.2)
4.6 (3.0–6.2)
4.7 (1.7–7.8)
Ever received medical services for achieving pregnancy†† (NSFG)
Advice, no additional medical services
Among women aged 15–44 yrs
1.7 (1.0–2.5)
0.9 (0.4–1.5)
1.4 (0.4–2.5)
0.8 (0.0–1.6)
Medical services beyond advice
Among women aged 15–44 yrs
7.4 (5.7–9.1)
3.1 (1.3–4.8)
2.8 (1.7–3.8)
7.4 (2.7–12.2)
Received STD screening services in the past yr (NSFG)
Women
Chlamydia screening
Among women aged 15–24 yrs who had oral, anal, or vaginal sex with male partner in the past yr
31.6 (25.3–37.9)
60.5 (50.2–70.8)
36.7 (29.3–44.1)

Among women aged 15–44 yrs who had oral, anal, or vaginal sex with a male partner in the past yr and were not in a mutually monogamous relationship§§
42.2 (34.2–50.3)
51.6 (42.0–61.2)
52.1 (44.2–60.0)

Among women aged 15–44 yrs who were pregnant in the past yr
38.5 (30.1–46.9)
83.1 (75.3–90.9)
44.0 (32.2–55.8)

Screening for any STD other than chlamydia
Among women aged 15–44 yrs who had oral, anal, or vaginal sex with a male partner in the past yr and were not in a mutually monogamous relationship§§
44.0 (35.6–52.5)
61.1 (53.7–68.4)
55.5 (46.7–64.3)

Men
Screening for any STD
Among men aged 15–44 yrs who had oral, anal, or vaginal sex with a female partner in the past yr were not in a mutually monogamous relationship§§
26.5 (20.9–32.2)
44.8 (37.6–51.9)
37.0 (28.2–45.7)

STD services ever received (NSFG and NHIS)
Women
Ever tested for HIV
Among women aged 15–44 yrs (NSFG)¶¶
57.5 (53.8–61.2)
80.5 (76.4–84.5)
66.0 (62.1–69.9)
55.2 (49.8–60.6)
Ever received the hepatitis B vaccine
Among women aged 18–44 yrs (NHIS)
49.7 (47.6–51.9)
43.4 (40.0–46.9)
39.1 (35.9–42.5)
49.4 (44.8–54.0)
Ever received at least three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine
Among women aged 18–44 yrs (NHIS)
43.4 (41.3–45.6)
36.6 (33.2–40.2)
29.5 (26.4–32.7)
42.9 (38.3–47.7)
Ever received the HPV vaccine
Among women aged 18–26 yrs (NHIS)***
41.2 (37.2–45.3)
30.9 (25.4–36.9)
30.8 (25.5–36.8)
29.0 (20.3–39.4)
Ever received at least three doses of the HPV vaccine
Among women aged 18–26 yrs (NHIS)***
30.5 (26.9–34.4)
14.5 (10.4–19.7)
17.4 (13.2–22.5)
20.0 (13.7–28.3)
Men
Ever tested for HIV
Among men aged 15–44 yrs (NSFG)¶¶ 42.9 (39.2–46.6) 68.6 (64.1–73.1) 44.2 (38.6–49.8) 49.0 (41.6–56.4)

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; HPV = human papilloma virus; IUD = intrauterine device; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey; NSFG = National Survey of Family Growth; STD = sexually transmitted disease.

* For women, contraceptive services include receiving a birth control method or a prescription, receiving a checkup for birth control, receiving counseling about birth control, receiving a sterilizing operation, receiving counseling about a sterilizing operation, receiving emergency contraception, and receiving counseling about emergency contraception. For men, contraceptive services include receiving information or advice about using condoms, information or advice about female methods of birth control, and information or advice about getting a vasectomy.

Women were considered at risk for unintended pregnancy if they had ever had vaginal intercourse; were neither pregnant, seeking pregnancy, nor postpartum; and neither they nor their partner were noncontraceptively sterile. Postpartum women were identified to have completed a recent pregnancy ≤2.5 months before interview according to the coding specifications (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsfg/nsfg_2011-2013_app3a_femresprecodespecs_v2.pdf).

§ Does not meet reliability standards.

Includes injectable, patch, ring, pill, and diaphragm.

** Includes condoms, withdrawal, morning-after pill, foam, sponge, suppository or insert, jelly or cream, periodic abstinence, and other (unspecified) methods.

†† Medical services to help women achieve pregnancy include infertility testing (for herself or her male partner), ovulation stimulation, surgery to correct blocked tubes, artificial insemination, and other types of medical help.

§§ Had more than one opposite sex partner in the past year, or had an opposite sex partner with other partners in the past year.

¶¶ Includes testing outside of a blood donation only.

*** Includes women aged 18–26 years only because the HPV vaccine is not recommended for women aged >26 years.