Table 2

Patient characteristics and proportions initiating post-abortion long-acting reversible contraception at a public hospital abortion clinic in 2009 and 2012

	2009 (implants unavailable)			2012 (subsidised implants available)
	Total sample	*Intrauterine methods (total LARC)**		Total sample	Intrauterine methods		Implant		Total LARC
Patient characteristics	n	n	%	n	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total LARC use	2771	968	34.9	2218	734	33.1	363	16.3	1097	49.5
Age-band (years)
13–15	29	6	20.7	28	5	17.9	7	25.0	12	42.9
16–19	622	134	21.5	387	87	22.5	92	23.8	179	46.3
20–24	888	306	34.5	735	243	33.1	140	19.0	383	52.1
25–29	556	227	40.8	480	169	35.2	73	15.2	242	50.4
30–34	321	137	42.7	302	115	38.1	37	12.3	152	50.3
35–39	236	104	44.1	198	71	35.9	13	6.6	84	42.4
40+	119	54	45.4	88	44	50.0	1	1.1	45	51.1
Ethnic group
NZ European	1304	418	32.1	1075	345	32.1	155	14.4	500	46.5
NZ Maori	796	300	37.7	658	207	31.5	155	23.6	362	55.0
Pacific	311	122	39.2	256	105	41.0	41	16.0	146	57.0
Asian	254	99	39.0	192	68	35.4	8	4.2	76	39.6
MELAA	37	5	13.5	23	7	30.4	2	8.7	9	39.1
Not known/other	69	24	34.8	14	2	14.3	2	14.3	4	28.6
SES/deprivation level†
Dep 1–3 (least)	516	178	34.5	421	140	33.3	48	11.4	188	44.7
Dep 4–7 (medium)	1045	369	35.3	813	269	33.1	136	16.7	405	49.8
Dep 8–10 (most)	1210	421	34.8	981	324	33.0	178	18.1	502	51.2
Abortion procedure
Surgical	2608	968	37.1	2119	734	34.6	363	17.1	1097	51.8
Medical	163	0	0	101	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trimester
First	2589	952	36.8	2070	713	34.4	337	16.3	1050	50.7
Second	182	16	8.8	148	21	14.2	26	17.6	47	31.8
Previous abortion(s)
0	1696	521	30.7	1304	394	30.2	204	15.6	598	45.9
1	693	275	39.7	586	213	36.3	99	16.9	312	53.2
2	229	93	40.6	207	73	35.3	38	18.4	111	53.6
3+	153	79	51.6	121	54	44.6	22	18.2	76	62.8
Parity
0	1446	344	23.8	1002	275	27.4	151	15.1	426	42.5
1	531	233	43.9	484	164	33.9	94	19.4	258	53.3
2	450	214	47.6	391	144	36.8	57	14.6	201	51.4
3+	344	177	51.5	341	151	44.3	61	17.9	212	62.2
Gravida
1	1001	199	19.9	709	186	26.2	103	14.5	289	40.8
2	563	201	35.7	409	121	29.6	74	18.1	195	47.7
3+	1207	568	47.1	1100	427	38.8	186	16.9	613	55.7

*Includes copper intrauterine device and levonorgestrel intrauterine system.
†Three women had missing data on NZDep in 2012 (and were excluded only from this subsection of the table).
Dep, deprivation; LARC, long-acting reversible contraception; MELAA, Middle Eastern, Latin American/Hispanic, African; NZ, New Zealand; SES, socioeconomic status.