Vasectomy utilization in men aged 18–45 declined between 2002 and 2017: Results from the United States National Survey for Family Growth data

Vasectomy remains a safe, simple, and effective contraceptive option. Conflicting data on the trend of vasectomy use among men have been described previously at various snapshots in time over the last two decades.This paper seeks to describe the trend of vasectomy utilization in the last 15 years using a nationally representative US survey.We analyzed data from male respondents aged 18 to 45 years of the Cycle 6 (2002), 2006-2010, 2011-2013,...