NSFG 2022-2023 · 5,586 women surveyed · EA-10 — Vaginal Ring

Vaginal Ring — Who Walks Away

34.0% of women who ever used the vaginal ring explicitly stopped due to dissatisfaction — 180 out of 529 users.

How we get to the number

The remaining 349 women either continued using the ring, stopped for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied with any method.

The takeaway

34.0%
Of all women who ever used vaginal ring explicitly stopped using it because they were unhappy with it.
180 out of 529 vaginal ring users
349
Used vaginal ring but did not stop it due to dissatisfaction — they either continued, switched for other reasons, or were never dissatisfied.
66.0% of vaginal ring users
180
Women who explicitly named vaginal ring as a method they stopped due to dissatisfaction.
out of 529 total vaginal ring users

Who are these women?

180 women who stopped the vaginal ring due to dissatisfaction

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