Contraceptive Failure Rate Chart

Contraceptive Method

Failure Rate in Preventing Pregnancies
(pregnancies per 100 users per year)

Protection Against STDs

Depo Provera Injection

3% with typical use¹

None

Patch (Ortho Evra)

8%²

None

Vaginal Ring (Nuva Ring)

8%²

None

Tubal Ligation

0.5%²

None

Mini-pills (progestin-only pills)

8% with typical use¹

None

IUD (dependent upon type of IUD)

1.8%²

None

Birth Control Pills

8% with typical use¹

None

Condom: Male

15% with typical use¹

85% protection against HIV/AIDs, some protection from other STDs³

Condom: Female

21% with typical use¹

Some protection

Cervical Cap
(Women who have not delivered vaginally)

16% with typical use in women who have not delivered vaginally¹

None

Reality Sponge (women with no children

16%²

None

Reality Sponge (women with children)

32%²

None

Diaphram

16% with typical use¹

None

Spermicide only

29%²

None

Cervical Cap
(Women who have delivered vaginally)

32% with typical use in women who have delivered vaginally¹

None