NSFG 2022-2023 · 5,586 women surveyed · EA-4 — Depo-Provera
Most women who tried Depo-Provera ended up walking away from it
34.2% of women who ever used Depo-Provera explicitly stopped using it due to dissatisfaction — 337 out of 986 users — the highest rate among all hormonal methods in this survey.
How we get to the number
The remaining 649 women either continued using Depo, stopped for other reasons (wanting to get pregnant, relationship change, etc.), or were never dissatisfied with any method.
The takeaway
34.2%
Of all women who ever used depo-provera explicitly stopped using it because they were unhappy with it.
337 out of 986 depo-provera users
649
Used depo-provera but did not stop it due to dissatisfaction — they either continued, switched for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied.
65.8% of depo-provera users
337
Women who explicitly named depo-provera as a method they stopped due to dissatisfaction.
out of 986 total depo-provera users
Who are these women?
Individual records — all 337 women who stopped Depo