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A gynecologist looks back at a random sample of medical records from patients who had been prescribed the pill one year ago. That is, 5% of women taking the pill for a year will experience an unplanned pregnancy that year.

However, under typical use, the real efficacy is only approximately 95%.

Pharmaceutical companies advertise that the birth control pill has an efficacy of 99.5% in preventing pregnancy.