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Birth control pill most popular form of contraception in U.S.

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Results from in-person interviews of women found that during 2006-2008 the most popular form of contraception in the U.S. was the oral contraception pill, used by 10.7 million women, followed by female sterilization, used by 10.7 million women. The percentage of women whose male partner used a condom increased from 52% to 93%. Read the report at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_029.pdf.

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