National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, 2017

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2015

Fitzgerald O, Harris K, Paul RC, Chambers GM

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Key figures

Treatment activity, 2015

Measure Value Source
Total ART treatment cycles reported, 2015 77,721 Key results summary
ART treatment cycles reported, Australia, 2015 71,479 Key results summary
ART treatment cycles reported, New Zealand, 2015 6,242 Key results summary
Autologous cycles as a share of all ART treatments, 2015 94.5% Key results summary
Frozen-thawed embryo use among autologous cycles, 2015 37.4% Key results summary

Patient characteristics, 2015

Measure Value Source
Average age of women in autologous ART cycles, 2015 35.8 years Patient age
Autologous-cycle women aged 40 or older, 2015 24.8% Patient age

Pregnancy and birth outcomes, 2015

Measure Value Source
Clinical pregnancy rate per initiated ART cycle, 2015 22.8% (17,726) Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated ART cycle, 2015 18.1% (14,040) Treatment outcomes
Clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer, all ART cycles, 2015 31.9% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated autologous fresh cycle, excluding freeze-all cycles, 2015 17.0% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, 2015 23.7% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated autologous thaw cycle, 2015 25.3% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, 2015 26.8% Treatment outcomes

Pregnancy and birth outcomes by age, 2015

Measure Value Source
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women under 30, 2015 38.4% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women under 30, 2015 32.6% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women over 44, 2015 0.7% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women over 44, 2015 7.6% Age-stratified outcomes

Babies born and multiples, 2015

Measure Value Source
Total babies born following ART, 2015 14,791 Babies born
Liveborn babies following ART, 2015 14,655 Babies born
Full-term singleton babies of normal birthweight, share of ART babies born, 2015 78.8% Babies born

Five-year trend, 2011 to 2015

Measure Value Source
Multiple delivery rate, 2011 to 2015 6.9% to 4.4% Multiple birth trends
Decrease in multiple delivery rate, 2011 to 2015 36% Multiple birth trends
Single embryo transfer rate, 2011 to 2015 73.2% to 85.7% Multiple birth trends
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, 2011 to 2015 21.6% to 25.3% Trends
Improvement in live delivery rate per embryo transfer, 2011 to 2015 17.1% Trends

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Topics

Fitzgerald et al. 2017, Fitzgerald 2017

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