Huge decline in female sterilisation, study reveals
It found that “keyhole” laparoscopic female sterilisations, or tubal ligations, dropped from 2,566 in 1999 to 910 in 2004.
Over the same period sales of the Mirena Coil, an intrauterine contraceptive device that is effective for five years, increased from 4,840 to 20,703. Implanon, a contraceptive rod which inserted into the arm and is effective for three years, was introduced in 2001 and from 2002 to 2005 more than 30,000 units were distributed.
