Latest UK IVF figures - 2009 and 2010

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How many women have IVF treatment?

45,264 women had IVF treatment in 2010. These women had 57,652 cycles of treatment in 2010, an increase of 5.9% on the previous year.

 

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How many babies are born following IVF treatment?

There were 12,714 babies born in 2009 as a result of IVF treatment using womens' own fresh eggs. 2,441 were these were born as a multiple.

 

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How successful is IVF treatment?

Every woman is different; the chances of becoming pregnant will depend on a number of factors, such as a woman’s age and the cause (if known) of infertility. The latest figures (2009) show that 25.2% of IVF treatments using a woman's own fresh eggs resulted in a live birth, down 0.6% on the previous year.

 

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What is the average IVF success rate for different age groups?

The following figures give the average success rate for IVF and ICSI treatment using a woman’s own fresh eggs in the UK in 2009. The figure for 2008 is shown in brackets for comparison.

  • 32.3% for women under 35  (33.7%)
  • 27.2% for women aged 35-37  (27.5%)
  • 19.2% for women aged 38-39  (19.7%)
  • 12.7% for women aged 40-42  (12.5%)
  • 5.1% for women aged 43-44  (4.9%)
  • 1.5% for women aged 45+  (2.7%)

For detailed breakdowns by age group (including figures for frozen cycles), see:

 

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How many twins or triplets are born following IVF treatment?

The most recent figures show that in 2008 23.6% of fresh and frozen IVF and ICSI cycles resulted in a multiple birth, but since then clinics have been working hard to reduce this number.  Data for the first half of 2009 show the figure dropped to 22.0%.

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Where can I find figures for previous years?

You can find further charts, graphs and tables providing details of treatments carried out since the HFEA was established in 1991 in the HFEA's long term data report HFEA Data 1991-2006.

 

 

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    What percentage of IVF treatment involves ICSI?

    Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) represents 52% of all IVF treatment in the UK in 2009. The remainder is conventional IVF. 

     

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    What percentage of births result from IVF and donor insemination?

    Around 1.5% of all births and 1.8% of all babies born in the UK are the result of IVF and donor insemination.

     

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    Page last updated: 14 November 2011