Table 6.13 : CONTRACEPTIVE USER RATE BY SEX AND LOCALITY,2002 - 2008
	In Percent
Locality	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Republic
Both Sexes	20.8	22.1	22.4	22.0	23.7	22.5	22.3
Male	22.3	21.1	19.9	20.0	22.4	16.4	13.6
Female	77.7	78.9	80.1	80.0	77.6	83.7	86.4
Male'
Both Sexes	17.8	20.0	21.7	22.4	27.5	25.0	25.5
Male	13.5	13.7	12.2	10.5	20.1	7.7	5.7
Female	86.5	86.3	87.8	89.5	79.9	92.3	94.3
Atolls
Both Sexes	21.9	23.2	22.7	21.9	22.4	21.6	21.1
Male	25.0	23.4	22.8	23.5	23.4	20.1	17.0
Female	75.0	76.6	77.2	76.5	76.6	80.0	83.0
Table 6.14 : CONTRACEPTIVE USER RATE BY LOCALITY,2002- 2008
	In Percent
Locality	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Republic	20.8	22.1	22.4	22.0	23.7	22.5	22.3
Male'	17.8	20.0	21.7	22.4	27.5	25.0	25.5
HA	15.7	17.0	16.6	16.7	14.8	16.1	14.7
HDh	23.6	24.7	22.1	22.7	23.4	22.5	19.8
Sh	19.4	21.2	21.5	20.1	20.0	19.6	18.5
N	21.8	24.0	23.2	23.8	20.9	20.1	17.7
R	23.6	26.0	27.1	18.5	20.6	21.0	22.2
B	23.9	27.9	29.2	32.4	32.0	29.3	22.7
Lh	22.2	22.2	22.2	22.2	26.0	24.2	26.2
K	32.7	33.3	30.0	28.3	23.3	19.1	20.7
AA	28.4	29.8	26.6	24.0	21.6	17.7	12.5
Adh	27.1	27.3	24.8	24.2	27.7	33.3	20.9
V	28.5	29.5	32.2	25.6	26.0	17.2	17.7
M	41.7	43.3	42.6	37.9	38.6	33.0	38.5
F	15.8	17.1	17.4	17.5	17.5	12.5	15.0
Dh	22.1	21.5	22.1	23.6	19.3	20.9	14.8
Th	19.0	19.7	18.6	14.4	13.8	12.6	14.8
L	30.4	30.3	35.5	35.2	46.0	54.8	67.8
GA	14.8	15.6	14.3	13.5	16.7	16.5	11.9
GDh	14.0	16.6	14.2	21.3	21.5	13.5	13.5
Gn	24.1	24.3	26.0	25.3	23.9	20.6	20.4
S	16.7	16.9	15.9	15.1	15.1	16.1	16.4
Source: Department of Public Health