• The annual reported rate captures activity during the previous calendar year. 
• This is an Office of Population Affairs (OPA) administrative measure.
• There is no benchmark available for this OPA measure.

This measure shows that among women ages 15 to 44 who had a live birth, the percentage that were provided a long-acting reversible method of contraception (LARC) within 3 days of delivery.  This rate is an access measure, and the focus is on making sure that women have access to LARC methods during the postpartum period. These rates are reported at two points in time: contraceptive provision within 3 days of delivery is used to monitor the provision of contraception in the immediate postpartum period, while contraceptive provision within 60 days of delivery is used to monitor the provision of contraception throughout the postpartum period. (A 60-day period is used because the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [ACOG] recommends a postpartum visit at 6 weeks, and two additional weeks are allowed for women whose postpartum care visit is delayed.)

Last updated:  August 2021