National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, 2016

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2014

Macaldowie A, Wang YA, Chambers GM, Sullivan EA

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Key figures

Treatment activity, 2014

Measure Value Source
Total ART treatment cycles reported, Australia and New Zealand, 2014 73,598 Summary
ART treatment cycles conducted in Australia, 2014 67,707 Summary
ART treatment cycles conducted in New Zealand, 2014 5,891 Summary
Autologous (own oocyte or embryo) cycles as a share of all ART treatments, 2014 94.6% Summary
Frozen-thawed embryo cycles as a share of autologous cycles, 2014 37.4% Summary

Pregnancy and birth outcomes, 2014

Measure Value Source
Clinical pregnancy rate for initiated ART cycles, 2014 23.7% (17,427) Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for initiated ART cycles, 2014 18.2% (13,373) Treatment outcomes
Clinical pregnancy rate for ART cycles reaching embryo transfer, 2014 31.6% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous fresh cycles started, 2014 15.3% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous fresh cycles started, excluding freeze-all cycles, 2014 17.7% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous fresh embryo transfers, 2014 23.5% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous thaw cycles started, 2014 23.6% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous thaw embryo transfers, 2014 25.2% Treatment outcomes

Pregnancy and birth outcomes by age, 2014

Measure Value Source
Live delivery rate for autologous fresh embryo transfers, women under 30, 2014 38.7% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous thaw embryo transfers, women under 30, 2014 29.5% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous fresh embryo transfers, women over 44, 2014 1.2% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate for autologous thaw embryo transfers, women over 44, 2014 7.9% Age-stratified outcomes

Babies born and multiples, 2014

Measure Value Source
Total babies born following ART treatment, 2014 14,238 Babies born
Liveborn babies following ART treatment, 2014 14,016 Babies born
Full-term singleton babies of normal birthweight as a share of ART births, 2014 78.1% Babies born

Multiple births, five-year trend (2010 to 2014)

Measure Value Source
ART multiple-delivery rate, 2010 to 2014 7.9% to 4.9% Multiple birth trends
Decrease in the ART multiple-delivery rate, 2010 to 2014 38% Multiple birth trends
Single embryo transfer rate, 2010 to 2014 69.6% to 82.9% Multiple birth trends

Live birth rate, five-year trend (2011 to 2014)

Measure Value Source
ART live birth rate per initiated cycle, 2011 to 2014 18.1% to 19.8% Trends

Patient age, 2014

Measure Value Source
Average age of women undergoing autologous ART cycles, 2014 35.8 years Patient age
Share of autologous-cycle women aged 40 or older, 2014 25.5% Patient age

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Topics

Macaldowie et al. 2016, Macaldowie 2016

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