[IUDs and oral contraceptives: the most used methods in the world]. / Dispositivos intrauterinos y pildora: usados mas popularmente en el mundo.

PIP: Fertility in developing countries has declined by about 1/3, from an average of 6 children per woman in the 1960s to 4 in 1990. 38% of reproductive-age women in the developing countries excluding China use a family planning method, as do over 70% in developed countries. 81% of contraception in the developing world is provided by the IUD, male or female sterilization, and oral contraceptives (OCs). 25% of couples in the developing world who use contraception use IUDs, 12% use OCs, and 44% use voluntary sterilization. Injectables are used by approximately 12 million women in developing countries, 3% of married women currently using a method. Almost 1/2 sterilized couples are in China and 1/4 in India. Sterilized women outnumber sterilized men by 3 to 1 worldwide, and voluntary female sterilization is the world's most widely used method. Nearly 138 million women of reproductive age have been sterilized. Voluntary female sterilization is less popular in developed countries except the US, where 23% of married women of reproductive age have undergone the procedure. 42 million couples worldwide use vasectomy. Some 120 million married women in developing countries are estimated to have unsatisfied needs for family planning. Each year, over 20 million women are believed to undergo unsafe abortions, and approximately 70,000 die as a result. Each day, nearly 1 million persons are believed to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Approximately 19 million persons had been infected by HIV by late 1994.^ieng