[Which contraceptives do we use? Current trends]

This article is a descriptive study about two variables, age and anti-conceptive method used, over two consecutive time periods, 2000 and 2001, made on women who made use of a Family Planning Service located at a Basic Health Service Unit in Gava, Barcelona. Condoms, used by 43.49%, were the anti-conceptive method most frequently used by adolescent women in 2000 while in 2001, oral anti-conceptive methods, used by 44.68%, were the most frequently used method. Among adult women, there were no differences either year; oral anti-conceptives were used by 27%, and condoms were used by 24%. Oral anti-conceptives are the most frequently used method among women in both age groups. Among adolescents, this study showed how oral anti-conceptive use has replaced the method most highly recommended for this age group, condoms.