National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, 2021

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2019

Newman JE, Paul RC, Chambers GM

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Key figures

Treatment activity, 2019

Measure Value Source
ART treatment cycles reported, Australia and New Zealand combined 88,929 Summary
ART treatment cycles reported, Australia 81,049 Summary
ART treatment cycles reported, New Zealand 7,880 Summary
Autologous cycles as a share of all ART treatments 95% Summary
Cycles using frozen-thawed embryos or oocytes, share of autologous cycles 36.7% Summary

Pregnancy and birth outcomes, 2019

Measure Value Source
Clinical pregnancy rate per initiated ART cycle, with underlying count 23.2% (20,668) Treatment outcomes section
Live birth rate per initiated ART cycle, with underlying count 18.3% (16,310) Treatment outcomes section
Overall clinical pregnancy rate per embryo transfer, all ART cycle types 35.4% Treatment outcomes section

Live birth rate by cycle type, 2019

Measure Value Source
Live birth rate per initiated autologous fresh cycle, excluding freeze-all cycles 16.5% Treatment outcomes section
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles 25.3% Treatment outcomes section
Live birth rate per initiated autologous thaw cycle 28.9% Treatment outcomes section
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles 29.8% Treatment outcomes section

Live birth rate by age, 2019

Measure Value Source
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women under 30 40.4% Age-stratified outcomes section
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women under 30 33.9% Age-stratified outcomes section
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous fresh cycles, women over 44 1.7% Age-stratified outcomes section
Live birth rate per embryo transfer, autologous thaw cycles, women over 44 9.2% Age-stratified outcomes section

Babies born and multiples, 2019

Measure Value Source
Babies born following ART treatment 16,927 Babies born section
Liveborn babies following ART treatment 16,777 Babies born section
Full-term singleton babies of normal birthweight, share of ART babies born 81.5% Babies born section

Five-year trend, 2015 to 2019

Measure Value Source
ART multiple birth rate 4.4% to 2.9% Multiple birth trends section
Single embryo transfer rate 85.7% to 91.9% Multiple birth trends section
ART live birth rate per embryo transfer 25.3% to 28% Trends section

Patient age, 2019

Measure Value Source
Average age of women undergoing autologous ART cycles 35.8 years Patient age section
Autologous-cycle women aged 40 or older, share of total 23.5% Patient age section

Our summary of the report's published figures, each citing its table, figure or section. The full report is at the publisher's link.

Topics

Newman et al. 2021, Newman 2021

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