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PIP: In the past few decades, Greenland has experienced a population explosion, due mainly to a significant decrease in death from tuberculosis and an increase in the birthrate. 50% of the population of Greenland is younger than 16 years of age. The condom and diaphragm were the main methods of contraception used in Greenland, but neither was used extensively; in the case of the diaphragm, the lack of privacy in larger families (where contraception is most needed) because of cramped living conditions makes difficult the necessary hygiene which accompanies the use of the diaphragm. A campaign was undertaken to introduce the IUD in Greenland. In the district of Narssaq 152 women, approximately 33% of the women 15-44 years of age, had IUDs inserted over a period of 20 months. 48% of the women were unmarried, 40% were married. 16% of the women were between 15-19 years old, 51% between 20-29. IUDs are preferred over oral contraceptives because of mass media public relations advertising and the social and cultural demand for a nonregimented form of contraception. The birthrate in Greenland dropped from 40 to 30% and in Narssaq from approximately 40 to 20% during the campaign.
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