Table 3.
Comparison of Previously Delivered Adolescent and Young Adult Women Who Initiated Postpartum Contraception within 3 Months of an Index Birth According to LARC vs Non-LARC Method, Denver, Colorado, 2011-2015
| Characteristic | Non-LARC |
LARC |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 281 | n = 1454 | ||
| Age, years | .004 | ||
| <15 | 0 (0.0) | 10 (0.7) | |
| 15-17 | 33 (11.7) | 184 (12.7) | |
| 18-19 | 83 (29.5) | 296 (20.4) | |
| 20-24 | 165 (58.7) | 964 (66.3) | |
| Race | .17 | ||
| White | 233 (82.9) | 1264 (86.9) | |
| Black | 37 (13.2) | 139 (9.6) | |
| Asian/other | 11 (3.9) | 51 (3.5) | |
| Ethnicity | .04 | ||
| Hispanic | 201 (71.5) | 1141 (78.5) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 69 (24.6) | 264 (18.2) | |
| Unknown | 11 (3.9) | 49 (3.4) | |
| Median number of antenatal care visits (range) | 11 (0-24) | 11 (0-28) | .19 |
| Mode of delivery | .10 | ||
| Vaginal | 249 (88.9) | 1231 (85.1) | |
| Cesarean | 31 (11.1) | 215 (14.9) | |
| Index pregnancy neonatal outcome | .60 | ||
| Live birth | 279 (99.3) | 1448 (99.6) | |
| Stillbirth | 2 (0.7) | 6 (0.4) | |
| Postpartum visit | 211 (75.1) | 1044 (71.8) | .26 |
| Time to receipt of birth control method | <.001 | ||
| Inpatient | 47 (16.7) | 528 (36.3) | |
| 1-4 weeks | 47 (16.7) | 107 (7.4) | |
| 5 or more weeks | 187 (66.6) | 819 (56.3) | |
| Subsequent delivery | 66 (23.5) | 110 (7.6) | <.001 |
| n = 66 | n = 110 | ||
| Time to subsequent delivery | <.001 | ||
| <12 months | 4 (6.1) | 5 (4.6) | |
| 12-18 months | 15 (22.7) | 7 (6.4) | |
| 19-24 months | 24 (36.4) | 25 (22.7) | |
| 25-33 months | 23 (34.9) | 73 (66.4) | |
Data are presented as n (%) except where otherwise noted. For the variable, “Mode of Delivery,” 0.4% of data were missing; there were no missing data in other variables.
LARC, long-acting reversible contraception.