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TABLE 3. Contraceptive efficacy of diaphragms.

Date Country No. Women 12 Month Pregnancy Rate
(Life Table or Pearl Rates) (%)
1973 USA 1186 23.0
1976 USA 2168 1.9 - 2.2
1982 USA 368 18.6
1982 UK 4217 1.9
1983 USA 721 12.5 (randomized trial with sponge)
1989 Israel* 85 3.2

* 24 month rates; "highly motivated women"