Condom King or Latex Loser?

Condoms and Pregnancy - of 100 couples using condoms, how many would become pregnant in one year?
• 15.8% - Jones and Forest, Family Planning Perspectives, Jan/Feb 1992
• 12.0% - Cates and Stone, Family Planning Perspectives, Mar/Apr 1992
• 12.0-21.0% - Hatcher, et al, Contraceptive Technology, 16th edition, 1994

Condoms and Chlamydia - Infection rate at Rutgers University - Samuels, Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, Dec 1989, p. 16
• Diaphragm Users 44.0% Condom Users 35.7%
• No Contraception at all 44.0% Oral Contraception 37.0%

Condoms and Aids - Married couples, one with HIV, they used condoms
• 18% HIV positive in 18 months - Riechl, et al, International Conference On Aids, June 1987, Abstracts Volume, p. 178
• 30% of their partners had HIV within 2 years - Fischel, et al, Journal of School Health, May 1994
• 18 to 54% Failure rate - Weller, Social Science and Medicine, June 1993
• AIDS Virus 450 times smaller than sperm cell

Condoms and Teens
• 36% failure rate - Jones & Forrest, Family Planning Perspectives, May/Jun 1989

Problems with Condoms
• 3 to 4 holes per 1000 allowed by FDA
• 1.7% breakage during intercourse, 6.2% slip off during intercourse, 6.7% slip off during withdrawal - Trussel, et al, Family Planning Perspectives, Jan 1992

Condom Usage - A Study of 15 to 19 years olds

•	Condom Use   Contraception     STD Prevention   Intermittent 54% 50 - 60% Always 17% 8 - 9%