Table 3.

Percentage of couples in fertile age that chose a specific contraceptive method in 2018.

Adapted from the Population Reference Bureau, 2019 [30]

Method	World	Europe	Italy	Developing countries
All methods	62	70	65.1	54
Non-pharmacological methods
IUD	13	11	4.8	13
Condom	8	21	20.9	6
Withdrawal	4	2	17.5	3
Pharmacological methods
Oral contraceptives	9	20	20.3	8
Surgical methods
Male sterilization	–	–	–	–
Female sterilization	18	22	5.8	20

IUD intrauterine device