Using a condom isn’t as easy as it may seem. Researchers suggest not to open the packet with a sharp objects. Condoms can’t prevent unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, if they’re used incorrectly. Unfortunately, a new review of research finds that condom use errors are all too common.
Here are the rates for those problems:
- Breakage: Between 0.8 percent and 40.7 percent of participants reported the experience of a broken condom.
- Slippage: Between 13.1 percent and 19.3 percent of participants reported condom slippage.
- Leakage: Between 0.4 percent and 6.5 percent of sexual encounters studied, 7.6 percent of men and 12.5 percent of women reporting an experience with a leaky condom.
As per Research Study, here are the top condom errors:
1. Late application: Between 17 percent and 51.1 percent of people reported putting a condom on after intercourse has already begun.
2. Early removal: Between 13.6 percent and 44.7 percent of individuals in the studies had taken a condom off before intercourse was over.
3. Unrolling a condom before putting it on: Between 2.1 percent and 25.3 percent of people reported completely unrolling a condom before putting it on.
4. No space at the tip: between 24.3 percent and 45.7 percent of respondents
5. Failing to remove air: Almost half (48.1 percent) of women and 41.6 percent of men reported sexual encounters in which air wasn’t squeezed from the tip of the condom.
6. Inside-out condoms: Between 4 percent and 30.4 percent of people reported rolling on a condom inside out and then flipping it the other way around
7. Failing to unroll all the way: 11.2 percent of women and 8.8 percent of men had started intercourse before a condom was unrolled all the way.
8. Exposure to sharp objects: Between 2.1 percent and 11.2 percent of people had opened condom packets with sharp objects.
9. Not checking for damage: Meanwhile, 82.7 percent of women and 74.5 percent of men failed to check condoms for damage, before use.
10. No lubrication: Between 16 percent and 25.8 percent of participants had used condoms without lubrication, increasing the risk of a break.
11. Wrong lubrication: In about 4.1 percent of sexual events, people used oil-based lubrications with latex. About 3.2 percent of women and 4.7 percent of men reported this error.
12. Incorrect withdrawal: About 31 percent of men and 27 percent of women reported this error.
13. Condom reuse: Between 1.4 percent and 3.3 percent of study respondents had re-used a condom at least twice. .
14. Incorrect storage: Between 3.3 percent and 19.1 percent of people in the studies had stored condoms in conditions outside of the recommendations on the package.
With perfect use, condoms prevent pregnancy with 98 percent success, according to the World Health Organization. While perfect condom use has a 98 percent success rate at preventing pregnancy, errors can increase the risk of breakage, slippage or other condom failure.
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