NSFG 2022-2023 · 5,586 women surveyed · EA-13c — Hormonal Implant

Hormonal Implant — Who Walks Away

29.1% of women who ever used the hormonal implant explicitly stopped due to dissatisfaction — 136 out of 468 users.

How we get to the number

The remaining 332 women either continued using the implant, stopped for other reasons (device expired, wanted to conceive), or were never dissatisfied with any method.

The takeaway

29.1%
Of all women who ever used hormonal implant explicitly stopped using it because they were unhappy with it.
136 out of 468 hormonal implant users
332
Used hormonal implant but did not stop it due to dissatisfaction — they either continued, switched for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied.
70.9% of hormonal implant users
136
Women who explicitly named hormonal implant as a method they stopped due to dissatisfaction.
out of 468 total hormonal implant users

Who are these women?

136 women who stopped the implant due to dissatisfaction

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