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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Re: Male Choice Revi (1)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.231854.8682@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:18:54 GMT
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- karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
-
- >>The rate of condom failure is about 5%. If you use them religiously for 10
- >>years as birth control your risk of an accidental pregnancy is a coin toss.
-
- Actually, it's a little better; it's 1-.95^10 = .4012631 (based on
- your figures).
-
- Adrienne Regard writes:
- >Not using a condom means you risk of accidental pregnancy in year 1 is
- >near a coin toss....
-
- Not using a condom (or any other form of birth control) and given a
- coital frequency of twice a week, the mean waiting time until conception
- is five months.
-
- In other words, it's *quite* likely you'll get a pregnancy in one year.
-
- rini
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