What does it mean when the statistics say that condoms are, at best, 98% effective.
It sounds like 1/50 times a condom is used, it won’t prevent pregnancy. But this doesn’t seem right because those stats wouldn’t be worth the risk.
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It means that if you use condoms correctly for a whole year, there’s a 2% chance of pregnancy happening over the course of that year.
All birth control statistics are per YEAR, not per time you have sex.
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