The most popular contraceptive among couples attending a tertiary care hospital of Quetta

Aim: to observe the frequency of various contraceptives prescribed over a one year period in a tertiary care hospital of quetta,balochistan. design: descriptive study. methods: over a one year period from 1st january 2010 to 31st december 2010,all patients males and females attending a family planning centre of civil hospital,quetta and their chosen method of contraception was recorded. repeat visits with same method of a patient were not included. patients who didn't choose any method were also excluded. results: a total of 2824 people were included in the study who visited the family planning centre of sandeman provincial civil hospital of quetta from january to december 2010.their average age was 31 years(female sterilization),42 years (male sterilization),26 years(condoms),25-26 years(oral pills),25-29 years (iucds),27-28 years (injectables),26 years (implanon).none of the client was nulliparous. sterilization was present in higher age group and higher parity. conclusion: most popular contraceptives were injectables (881/2824),followed by iucds (719/2824),female sterilization (562/2824),oral pills(405/2824),condoms (201/2824),implanon (32/2824),and lastly male sterilization(24/2824).