Egg share donors and non-patient egg donors
Number of egg donors by the year they first registered as a donor at an
HFEA licensed clinic, 1992-2008
- Egg donors can either donate all their eggs in a treatment cycle (non-patient egg donors) or share their eggs with up to two recipients in each cycle (egg share donors).
- The table and graph below compare the number of egg donors who shared their eggs (egg share) compared to those who donated all their eggs (non-patient egg donors).
- Egg sharers can donate up to a maximum of two recipients in any one treatment cycle.
- If donors underwent another egg donation cycle (at the same clinic or elsewhere) or donated in a subsequent year, they will not be counted as a new donor again.
- A number of surrogacy treatments will be reflected in these figures. If a surrogate receives embryos created using the commissioning woman’s own eggs, the commissioning woman must be registered as a donor.
| Egg share v non-patient egg donors | |||||
| Year | All egg donors |
Egg share donors |
Non-patient egg donors |
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| 2000 | 1219 | 373 | 31% | 846 | 69% |
| 2001 | 1281 | 482 | 38% | 799 | 62% |
| 2002 | 1146 | 527 | 46% | 619 | 54% |
| 2003 | 1029 | 480 | 47% | 549 | 53% |
| 2004 | 1029 | 504 | 49% | 525 | 51% |
| 2005 | 923 | 417 | 45% | 506 | 55% |
| 2006 | 783 | 339 | 43% | 444 | 57% |
| 2007 | 956 | 471 | 49% | 485 | 51% |
| 2008 | 1084 | 377 | 35% | 707 | 65% |
Further information
Page last updated: 21 July 2009