The demographic impact of sterilization: programmatic implications.

Information is provided in tabulated form on the demographic effect of female sterilization in Bangladesh and Thailand including: 1) age distribution of female sterilization acceptors at time of operation: Thailand and Bangladesh; 2) total number of births averted by female sterilization under various assumptions of growth in the annual number of new acceptors: Bangladesh; 3) total number of births averted by female sterilization under various assumptions of growth in the annual number of new acceptors: Thailand; 4) number of births averted per sterilization acceptor by age group and number of years after sterilization: Bangladesh; 5) number of births averted per sterilization acceptor by age group and number of years after sterilization: Thailand; 6) ratio of potential fertility of sterilized women 10 years after sterilization: Thailand and Bangladesh; 7) comparison of births averted 1976-1985 if sterilization acceptors had used pill or IUD: Bangladesh; 8) comparison of births averted 1976-1985 if sterilization acceptors had used pill or IUD: Thailand; 9) number of births averted by sterilization among acceptors with current age distribution and hypothetical younger distribution: Bangladesh; 10) number of births averted by sterilization among acceptors with current age distribution and hypothetical younger distribution: Thailand.