# Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures
UK statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation
Published: May 2021
Fertility trends is our annual statistical release. The key findings are published on this page with a statistical appendix available for download.
[**Download the underlying dataset as .xlsx**](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/jvqloejj/2021-05-13-fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures-underlying-data.xlsx "2021 05 Fertility Treatment 2019 Trends and Figures Underlying Data").
## **Table of contents**
- **[Main points](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#mainpoints)**
- **[30 years of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#introduction)**
- **[Section 1. IVF birth rates in 2019 were three times higher than in 1991](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#Section1)**
- **[Section 2. Great progress has been made in the reduction of multiple births, which now stands at 6%](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#Section2)**
- **[Section 3. Single embryo transfer is now common practice](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#Section3)**
- **[Section 4. Frozen embryo transfers have increased in use](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#Section4)**
- **[Section 5. The use of donor eggs and sperm has increased](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/#Section5)**
- **[Section 6. Fertility treatment has enabled more people to have families later](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-dat...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. (2021). Fertility Treatment 2019: Trends and Figures. https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2019-trends-and-figures/