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What's Your Birth-Control IQ?

Kate Lee
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

Almost half of all unplanned pregnancies happen to couples who are using some form of birth control. Whatever the reason, contraceptives fail more often than you might think. How much do you know about the various birth-control options and how to use them?


1. What's the most common method of birth control among women in this country?

a. Condoms
b. Sterilization
c. The Pill
d. The diaphragm

2. When a condom fails, it's usually due to a manufacturer's defect. True or false?

True
False

3. What percentage of women who use a diaphragm will have an unplanned pregnancy over a five-year period?

a. 3
b. 10
c. 25
d. 16

4. Women over 40 should not use the Pill. True or false?

True
False

5. A cervical cap can be left in place for up to

a. Eight hours
b. 24 hours
c. Two days
d. Two weeks

6. Using a spermicide regularly can increase a woman's chances of getting urinary tract infections. True or false?

True
False



Last updated Aug 31, 2009

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