NATIONWIDE - More women and teenagers are turning to a birth control method with more than a 99% success rate—an intrauterine device, or IUD.
From 2011 to 2013, about 7.2% of women aged 15 to 44 used a long-acting reversible contraceptive, which includes IUD and some types of hormone implants, according to a Centers for Disease Control report released Tuesday, shown in the link below. The report states that percentage is up from 1.5% in 2002.
IUDs virtually disappeared from the market in the 1980s and 1990s due to health workers expressing concerns about the safety of the product.
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