Table 5
Number and percentage of currently sexually active females at risk of pregnancy aged 15 to 24 who reported using emergency contraception in the past year, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016


Table 5
Number and percentage of currently sexually active females at risk of pregnancy aged 15 to 24 who reported using emergency contraception in the past year, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of currently sexually active females at risk of pregnancy aged 15 to 24 who reported using emergency contraception in the past year 000', % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
000' % 95% confidence interval
from to
Total, 15- to 24-year-olds 110.6 10.6 9.1 12.3
Age group (years)
15 to 17 12.6 11.6Note E: Use with caution 8.3 15.9
18 to 19 27.2 13.0Note E: Use with caution 9.4 17.8
20 to 24Table 5 Note † 70.8 9.8 8.0 11.9
Province or Territory
Newfoundland and Labrador Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia 2.3 8.5Note E: Use with caution 4.3 16.1
New Brunswick 3.8 15.4Note E: Use with caution 8.0 27.5
Quebec 23.2 8.3Note E: Use with caution 6.1 11.4
Ontario 43.5 11.8Note E: Use with caution 8.7 15.7
Manitoba Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan 3.8 13.8Note E: Use with caution 7.2 25.0
Alberta 12.0 9.9Note E: Use with caution 7.1 13.6
British Columbia 14.4 11.3Note E: Use with caution 7.9 16.0
Yukon Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Number of partners in past year
OneTable 5 Note † 58.5 8.2 6.7 10.0
Multiple 51.5 15.8Note * 12.5 19.8
Used some method of contraception or condom the last time they had sex
Dual use (condom with another method) 28.4 9.2 6.9 12.0
Condom onlyTable 5 Note † 30.9 11.8Note E: Use with caution 8.5 16.2
Other method (not a condom) 40.3 11.2 8.5 14.5
No contraception or condom 10.0 9.3Note E: Use with caution 6.0 14.3
Note †

reference category

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Note *

significantly different from reference category or province/territory significantly different from the rest of Canada (i.e., each province or territory compared with the rest of Canada combined, minus the province or territory)

Return to note * referrer

... not applicable
E use with caution (<0.15 to ≤0.35)
F too unreliable to be published (> 0.35)
Note: The sample used for estimating past-year use of emergency contraception among currently sexually active females who are at risk of pregnancy (i.e., those who reported having had sex with a male in the past year) numbered 3,107.
Source: 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.

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