AIHW National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, 2006

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2004

Bryant J, Sullivan EA, Dean JH

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Key figures

Treatment activity, 2004

Measure Value Source
Total ART treatment cycles undertaken in Australia and New Zealand, 2004 41,904 Report text
Cancelled cycles included within the 2004 total ART treatment cycle count 2,425 Report text
Share of all ART treatment cycles undertaken in Australia, 2004 92.6% Report text
Share of all ART treatment cycles undertaken in New Zealand, 2004 7.4% Report text
ART cycles per 1,000 women aged 15-44, Australia, 2004 9.0 Report text
ART cycles per 1,000 women aged 15-44, New Zealand, 2004 3.5 Report text
Non-donor ART treatment cycles undertaken, 2004 39,212 Report text
Fresh cycles as a share of non-donor ART cycles, 2004 57.2% Report text
Thaw and mixed fresh-thaw cycles as a share of non-donor ART cycles, 2004 36.6% Report text

Patient characteristics, 2004

Measure Value Source
Average age of women who underwent ART treatment, 2004 35.4 Table 6

Pregnancy and birth outcomes, 2004

Measure Value Source
Non-donor fresh cycles with oocyte retrieval that resulted in a clinical pregnancy, 2004 25.8% Table 10
Non-donor fresh cycles with oocyte/embryo transfer that resulted in a clinical pregnancy, 2004 29.3% Table 10
Non-donor fresh cycles with oocyte retrieval that resulted in a live delivery, 2004 20.1% Table 10
Non-donor fresh cycles with oocyte/embryo transfer that resulted in a live delivery, 2004 22.8% Table 10

Embryo transfer practice, 2004

Measure Value Source
Embryo transfer cycles in which one or two embryos were used, 2004 96.8% Table 4
Embryo transfer cycles in which one or two embryos were used (2002, for comparison) 94.0% Table 4
Embryo transfer cycles in which one or two embryos were used (2003, for comparison) 95.7% Table 4

Multiple births, 2004

Measure Value Source
Total ART deliveries, 2004 6,932 Table 25
ART deliveries that were twin or higher-order multiples, 2004 16.4% (1,137) Table 25
Multiple gestation deliveries among all births in Australia (2003, context, not ART's own figure) 1.7% Report text
Twin deliveries as a share of all ART deliveries, 2004 16.1% Report text

Trends, 1995 to 2004

Measure Value Source
Triplet or higher-order multiple deliveries as a share of all ART deliveries, 1995 to 2004 1.9% to 0.3% Report text

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Topics

Bryant et al. 2006, Bryant 2006

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