# Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018
UK ethnicity statistics for IVF and DI fertility treatment
Published: March 2021
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## **Table of contents**
- **[Main points](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#mainpoints)**
- **[Introduction](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#introduction)**
- **[Section 1. IVF birth rates lowest for patients of Black ethnicities](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section1)**
- **[Section 2. Multiple birth rate higher on average for Black patients](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section2)**
- **[Section 3. White egg donors most commonly used across all ethnic groups](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section3)**
- **[Section 4. Fewer Asian egg and sperm donors compared to UK Asian population](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section4)**
- **[Section 5. Asian patients represent a larger proportion of IVF users](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section5)**
- **[Section 6. Variation in NHS-funded IVF cycles between cycles in larger in younger age groups](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/#Section6)**
- **[Section 7. Black patients start IVF later than other ethnic groups](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversit...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. (2020). Ethnic Diversity in Fertility Treatment 2018. https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/ethnic-diversity-in-fertility-treatment-2018/