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Maternal & Child Health > Needs Assessment > Access to Family Planning Fact Sheet Access to Family Planning Fact Sheet

Healthy People 2010 Goal:

  • To increase the contraceptive use in females (age 15 to 44 years) at risk of pregnancy to 100%.
  • To decrease the contraceptive failure in females (age 15 to 44 years) experiencing pregnancy to 7%.
  • To reduce births occurring within 24 months of a previous birth (females age 15 to 44 years) to 6%.
  • To increase reproductive health prevention education in females age 18 to 24 years to 90%.

Prevalence:

  • 64.9% of the females (age 18-45 years) said that they are taking measures (tubes tied, 24.6%; vasectomy, 16%; pills, 31.4%; condoms, 13%; no partner/not sexually active, 1.6%; other methods, 11.2%; and unknown, 2.2%) to keep from getting pregnant (2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System).
  • 730,210 or 52.1% of the women in Indiana age 13-44 years are in need of contraceptive services and supplies. (The U.S. percentage is 51.8%). [Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute].
  • 105,490 or 29.2% of the women under age 20 are in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies. (The U.S. percentage is 29%). [Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute].
  • 255,200 or 70.7% of the women between 20-44 years of age and under 250% poverty are in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies. (The U.S. percentage is 71%). [Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute].

Services:

  • There are a total of 101 publicly funded family planning clinics in Indiana serving a total of 147,260 female contraceptive clients of all ages and serving a total of 43,670 female contraceptive clients under the age 20 years. [Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute].
  • There are a total of 49 Title X-funded clinics in Indiana serving a total of 48,970 female contraceptive clients of all ages and serving a total of 15,750 female clients under the age 20 years. [Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001 and 2002, The Alan Guttmacher Institute].
  • 58 (64%) counties indicated that they have family planning services available to women in the county and 30 (33%) indicated they were available in the next county (2004 County Capacity Survey, ISDH).


Publicly funded family planning clinics by type of provider, 2001- Indiana and U.S.
  Indiana U.S.
Number % Number %
Hospitals 19 18.8 813 10.6
Health department 7 6.9 2,874 36.2
Planned Parenthood 44 43.6 889 11.6
Community Health Center 16 15.8 1,730 22.5
Other 15 14.8 1,377 17.9
Total 101 100 7,683 100
Source: Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2001-2002. Retrieved from www.guttmacher.org/pubs/win/index.html.

The following refers to the Title V, X, XX Family Planning Programs by County, FY 2000; Indiana:

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