Data and Statistics: Need for Contraceptive Services Among Women of Reproductive Age

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) includes questions in the Family Planning Module to understand contraceptive use. Data collected in 2017 and 2019 from 45 jurisdictions were used to estimate the proportion of women aged 18 to 49 years who were at risk for unintended pregnancy and had ongoing or potential need for contraceptive services. (Need for Contraceptive Services Among Women of Reproductive Age — 45 Jurisdictions, United States, 2017–2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:910–915.)

Jurisdiction-level data are important for planning, enhancing, and evaluating efforts to improve contraception access and services. Improving these services is an important strategy for preventing unintended pregnancies and to promote equitable reproductive health.

View or download estimates by sociodemographic characteristics, for each jurisdiction.