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TABLE 9-4. Failure Rates and Mortality Associated with Contraceptive Techniques

Contraceptive Method Average Failure Rate (Annual Pregnancies/100 Women) Mortality Rate (Annual Deaths/100,000 Women)
 None 90 8.3*
Tubal ligation 0.04 8**
Steroid pills 2-2.5 0.9(5.2***)
IUD 4 1.2
Barrier methods 10-15 1.2
Coitus interruptus 23 2
Natural methods 20-30 2

*Birth related.

**Surgical complications.

***Smokers.

Data for women 20-29 years old taken from Carr,B.R. and Griffin, J.E.:in Williams Textbook of Endocrinolgy,7th ed.J.D. Wilson and D.W. Foster, editors. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1985