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To review the rate, setting, and demographic characteristics of tubal sterilization and its current trend within contraceptive practice in the United States.Review of U.S. health care statistics, NCHS publications, English-language literature searched using MEDLINE and PubMed, and bibliographies of key references.Total annual cases of tubal sterilization have declined from 687,000 in 1995 to 643,000...