Fertility Treatment 2021: Preliminary Trends and Figures

# Fertility treatment 2021: preliminary trends and figures

Preliminary UK statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation

Published: June 2023

[Download the underlying dataset as .xlsx](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/5zzh25zw/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures-underlying-dataset.xlsx "Fertility treatment 2021: preliminary trends and figures - underlying dataset")

## Table of contents

- [Main points](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#main-points)

- [Note on preliminary data](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#note-on-preliminary-data)

- [Section 1. Average IVF pregnancy rates using fresh embryo transfers increased for all ages](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#section-1)

- [Section 2. Average IVF pregnancy and birth rates using frozen embryo transfers increased over the past 30 years](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#section-2)

- [Section 3. Fertility treatments have returned to pre-pandemic levels](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#section-3)

- [Section 4. Multiple births from IVF at lowest UK average yet of 5%](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#section-4)

- [Section 5. Egg and embryo storage cycles continued to increase](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-and-figures/#section-5)

- [Section 6. Average age of IVF patients increased to 36 years](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2021-preliminary-trends-a...