National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, 2019

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2017

Newman JE, Paul RC, Chambers GM

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Key figures

Treatment activity, 2017

Measure Value Source
Total ART treatment cycles reported, Australia and New Zealand 82,215 Key results summary
ART treatment cycles reported in Australia 74,942 Key results summary
ART treatment cycles reported in New Zealand 7,273 Key results summary
Autologous cycles as a share of all ART treatments 94.1% Key results summary
Autologous cycles that used frozen-thawed embryos or oocytes 38.5% Key results summary

Patient characteristics, 2017

Measure Value Source
Average age of women undergoing autologous ART cycles 35.7 years Patient age
Autologous-cycle women aged 40 or older 23.4% Patient age

Pregnancy and birth outcomes, 2017

Measure Value Source
Clinical pregnancy rate per initiated ART cycle 22.9% (18,860) Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated ART cycle 18.1% (14,882) Treatment outcomes
Clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer, all ART cycles 33.9% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated autologous fresh cycle, excluding freeze-all cycles 16.4% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles 24.1% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per initiated autologous thaw cycle 27.9% Treatment outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles 28.9% Treatment outcomes

Age-stratified outcomes, 2017

Measure Value Source
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women under 30 38.5% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women under 30 33.1% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women over 44 1.4% Age-stratified outcomes
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women over 44 10.6% Age-stratified outcomes

Babies born and multiples, 2017

Measure Value Source
Total babies born following ART treatment 15,613 Babies born
Liveborn babies following ART treatment 15,405 Babies born
Full-term singleton babies of normal birthweight, share of ART babies born 80.2% Babies born

Embryo transfer practice, five-year trend 2013 to 2017

Measure Value Source
Single embryo transfer rate, 2013 to 2017 76.3% to 89.4% Multiple birth trends

Multiple births, five-year trend 2013 to 2017

Measure Value Source
ART multiple-delivery rate, 2013 to 2017 5.6% to 3.6% Multiple birth trends

Five-year trend, live delivery rate per embryo transfer, 2013 to 2017

Measure Value Source
Live delivery rate per embryo transfer, 2013 to 2017 23.6% to 26.8% Trends
Improvement in live delivery rate per embryo transfer, 2013 to 2017 13.6% Trends

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Topics

Newman et al. 2019, Newman 2019

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