10 Regions with the Lowest Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Use Rates in 2022

Many mothers in several Indonesian regions have not used modern contraception as part of the family planning program (KB) after giving birth. This is evident from a report by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) titled *2022 Health Statistics*.

The data in the report shows that Papua had the lowest percentage of mothers using modern contraception after childbirth in 2022, at 28.71%. This figure is less than half the national average of 73.01%.

Next is East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) with a proportion of 51.6%, followed by Bali with 52.62%.

North Sumatra and West Sumatra also recorded the lowest percentages of mothers using modern contraception postpartum, at 53.93% and 56.25%, respectively.

Then there is Southeast Sulawesi with a proportion of 57.59%. Yogyakarta is also on this list, with a proportion of 58.49%.

The regions with the highest percentage of mothers using modern contraception postpartum are South Kalimantan (87.57%); Jambi (84.79%); Banten (83.09%); Central Kalimantan (82.62%); and Bangka Belitung Islands (81.98%).

Note that this data includes married women aged 10-54 years who gave birth in the past two years.

(See also: Pills Remain the Most Commonly Abandoned Contraceptive Method in 2022)

The Ministry of Health states that contraception is used to minimize pregnancies or to space births.

"The use of contraception can also reduce the risk of maternal and infant mortality due to births that are too close together or too frequent," the Ministry of Health wrote on its official website.

Citing research from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), modern contraceptive methods include female sterilization (tubectomy), male sterilization (vasectomy), pills, IUDs, injections, implants, condoms, and lactational amenorrhea (LAM).

(See also: Mothers in Papua and Aceh Had the Lowest Postpartum Family Planning Education in 2022)