A woman asks about the failure rate of female sterilisation. She is comparing it with the etonogestrel implant. How do the failure rates compare?...

Question

A woman asks about the failure rate of female sterilisation. She is comparing it with the etonogestrel implant. How do the failure rates compare?

Accepted Answer

The etonogestrel implant has a lower failure rate than female sterilisation. Sterilisation has a lifetime failure rate of approximately 1 in 200, while the implant has a failure rate of less than 1 in 1,000 over 3 years

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Sterilisation is more effective than the implant

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Both have identical failure rates

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Sterilisation never fails

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The implant has a higher failure rate than sterilisation

uk-dfsrh MCQ (SBA): Implant More Effective Than Sterilisation

A woman asks about the failure rate of female sterilisation. She is comparing it with the etonogestrel implant. How do the failure rates compare?