International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics: Technical bulletin 1996; Number 222 - April 1996 (Replaces No. 113, February 1988)
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Over 170 million couples worldwide use surgical sterilization as a safe and reliable method of contraception. In the United States, sterilization is the most commonly used method among married or formerly married women. An estimated 640,000 female sterilization procedures and 500.000 male sterilization procedures are performed each year ( 1, 2). In 1988. sterilizations accounted for 39% of contraceptive method use by all women 15-44 years old; 27.5% of women using contraception had undergone tubal sterilization, and 11.7% reported that their partners had undergone vasectomy (3).
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