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. 2021 Dec 1;21:399. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01541-9

Table 2.

Proportion of women of reproductive age 15–49 years who discontinued implants early at a National Referral Hospital (n = 207)

Variable Frequency Percentage (%)
Early discontinuation of implants (n = 207)
 Yes 87 42.0
 No 120 58.0
Early discontinuation of implanon NXT (n = 145)
 Yes 64 44.1
 No 81 55.9
Early discontinuation of Jadelle (n = 62)
 Yes 23 37.1
 No 39 62.9
Min. duration of use (1 month) 9 4.3
Min. duration of use (60 months) 8 3.9
Median duration of use 19
Early removal due to desire to conceive (n = 63)
 Yes 63 100
 No 0 0
Early removal due to switching to another method (n = 12)
 Yes 12 100
 No 0 0