Facts about Infertility Treatment in the United States
March 1, 1998 less than 1 minute read
Facts about Infertility Treatment in the United States
• In 1995, 16,000 children were born due to assisted reproductive technologies.
• Infertility affects 6.1 million American women and their partners, which is about 10% of the reproductive-age population.
• Fewer than 5% of infertile couples in treatment actually use in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
• According to the latest statistics, the success rate of IVF is 22.8% live births per egg retrieval.
This success rate is similar to the 20% chance that a healthy, reproductive couple has of achieving pregnancy that results in a live-born baby in any given month.
• Success with IVF increases with the number of cycles attempted, up to four cycles.
• Of the 78% pregnancies as a result of IVF that result in a live birth, about half are singletons, 24% are twins, and 5% are triplets or more.
• More than 70,000 babies have been born in the United States due to all assisted reproductive technologies.
• Since 1981, the first time IVF was used in the United States, 45,000 babies have been born in this country due to the technique.
• One cycle of IVF costs an average of $7,800.
• IVF has reduced the number of tubal surgeries by half.
• Recent improvements in medication, microsurgery, and in-vitro fertilization techniques make pregnancy possible for more than half of the couples pursuing treatments.
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