Unless you want to become pregnant, you must use contraception during intercourse. But which contraceptive is the safest? The Pearl Index, which was developed as a uniform measure of the safety of contraceptive methods, provides information on this. Here you can find out how you can prevent it as reliably as possible.
If you and your partner do not yet wish to have children, you can use various methods of contraception. The most well-known methods of contraception are the pill or the condom, but there are many other options. In general, a distinction is made between hormonal contraception and non-hormonal contraception . What separates each method independently is security. How reliable is the protection against pregnancy?
Index
ToggleThe Pearl Index, named after the American biologist Raymond Pearl, provides information on this. This is a standard measure of the safety of contraceptive methods. The Pearl Index is calculated as follows: If 100 women use a contraceptive for 12 months and there are, for example, 2 unwanted pregnancies during this time, the Pearl Index for this contraceptive is 2. It follows that the smaller the value, the safer the form of contraception.
The contraceptive methods differ not only in terms of how they are used and how they work, but also in terms of their degree of reliability. But how safe are the pill, condom and Co.? Here you will find an overview of all contraceptive methods, sorted by reliability and safety:
Caution: Application errors often affect the safety of contraceptive methods. This applies in particular to the pill, the mini-pill, the vaginal ring, the hormone patch, the temperature method, the condom and the diaphragm.
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