The multiload copper intra-uterine contraceptive device in a mixed urban and rural population: A 3-year clinical evaluation.
A series of 1 270 Multiload Cu-250 intra-uterine contraceptive devices inserted in clinics of the Cape Divisional Council is described, spanning 1 024,6 woman-years. The continuation rate was 85,4% and the unplanned pregnancy rate was 1,17 per 100 woman-years of use. The implications are discussed.
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007435:Intrauterine Devices, Copper; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014505:Urban Population