There are various things that women need to bother about in their lives. Apart from baby care, they also need to plan their pregnancy the right way. And birth control is surely one of the many things to be taken seriously. The effectiveness of any birth control technique is based on whether it is used in the right way and in a consistent manner. And the malfunction rates of certain methods are much more than the others. You have to decide the level of efficacy that is most suitable for you.

To learn how to estimate the effectiveness of birth control, you should know that efficiency rates are usually presented as perfect user rates and typical user rates. Typical use denotes failure rates for those who do not always use their birth control method in a consistent and correct way. Perfect use denotes failure rates for people who use the methods in a consistent and correct way. The typical user success rate is generally lower than the success rate of the method if used in the appropriate way.

Most Effective Contraception Methods:
The ParaGard IUD, Implants, the Mirena IUD, Tubal Ligation, Vasectomy, etc, are likely to be the most efficient birth control methods. These methods usually have typical user rates of nearly 99 percent. Generally, methods that need less for a person to do appear to have lesser chance of failing. Birth control pills and other prescription options such as “The NuvaRing” and “The Patch” tend to have high typical user success rates of approximately 92 percent.

Continuous breastfeeding is another birth control technique that gives high typical user effectiveness. This method is usually 95 percent effective. You should also know that this effectiveness rate applies only to women who are exclusively breastfeeding. This implies that the woman feeds her baby at least six times a day with both breasts, does not alternate with other foods for breast milk, and feeds her baby every four hours during the day and every six hours during night. Furthermore, this method is not as efficient if a woman has had a period since giving birth. A woman should also not rely on this technique once she is six months post partum. After six months, the Lactational Amenorrhea Method is no longer a dependable way of birth control.

Fairly Effective Contraception Methods:
Natural birth control methods tend to offer reasonable typical user success rates (nearly 88 percent). Barrier methods, which comprises of the male/female condom, diaphragm, the cervical cap, spermicide, and the sponge, also give fair typical user success rates of up to 85 percent.

Using No Contraception Method:
Studies have found that women who are sexually active for one year and do not use any contraceptive method have 85 percent possibility of getting pregnant in that year. It is also important to note that this number is highly unpredictable and is dependent on the age of the woman and how often she has sex. A woman is also more liable to get pregnant if she has unprotected intercourse during her most fertile days of her cycle.

Whatever the birth control method you use, it is imperative that you assess the efficiency of contraception and see whether it is the right one for your needs.