NSFG 2022-2023 · 5,586 women surveyed · EA-13d — IUD
IUD — Who Walks Away
23.4% of women who ever used an IUD explicitly stopped due to dissatisfaction — 263 out of 1,124 users.
How we get to the number
The remaining 861 women either continued using the IUD, stopped for other reasons (device expired, wanted to conceive), or were never dissatisfied with any method.
The takeaway
23.4%
Of all women who ever used iud explicitly stopped using it because they were unhappy with it.
263 out of 1124 iud users
861
Used iud but did not stop it due to dissatisfaction — they either continued, switched for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied.
76.6% of iud users
263
Women who explicitly named iud as a method they stopped due to dissatisfaction.
out of 1124 total iud users
Who are these women?
263 women who stopped the IUD due to dissatisfaction