Surgical sterilization among women and use of condoms--Baltimore, 1989-1990.
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Abstract
Since 1980, surgical sterilization among women has become the most common contraceptive method used among women aged greater than 30 years in the United States and is used by 28% of women aged 15-44 years. A previous report of women in drug treatment suggested that women who have been surgically sterilized were less likely to report condom use--an effective measure for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)--than were nonsterilized women. This report summarizes a study of the relation between surgical sterilization, risk status for STDs and HIV, and use of condoms among women who reside in two inner-city, minority neighborhoods in Baltimore.