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released: 17 Sep 2010 author: Sullivan EA, Wang YA & Chambers G media release

In 2008, there were 61,929 assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment cycles undertaken in Australia and New Zealand. Of these cycles, 17.2% resulted in a live delivery (the birth of at least one liveborn baby). In total, 11,528 liveborn babies were born following ART treatment undertaken in 2008. The most important trend in ART treatment has been the increase of single embryo transfer, from 40.5% in 2004 to 67.8% in 2008. This trend has resulted in significant reduction of multiple delivery rate, from 16.4% in 2004 to 8.4% in 2008.

ISSN 1038-7234; ISBN 978-1-74249-051-9; Cat. no. PER 49; 66pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
      • Contributors
      • Funding
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • Treatments covered in this report
      • Data used in this report
      • Purpose of this report
      • Structure of this report
    2. Overview of ART treatment in 2008
    3. Autologous and donation/recipient cycles in 2008
      • 3.1 Overview of autologous and recipient cycles
        • Women’s age and partner’s age of autologous and recipient cycles
        • Parity of autologous and recipient cycles
        • Cause of infertility of autologous and recipient cycles
        • ICSI procedures in autologous and recipient cycles
        • Number of embryos transferred in autologous and recipient cycles
        • Stage of embryo development in autologous and recipient cycles
      • 3.2 Autologous fresh cycles
        • Progression of autologous fresh cycles
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous fresh cycles by women’s age
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous fresh cycles by cause of infertility
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous fresh cycles by number of embryos transferred
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous fresh cycles by stage of embryo development
        • Live deliveries from autologous fresh cycles among fertility centres
      • 3.3 Autologous thaw cycles
        • Progression of autologous thaw cycles
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous thaw cycles by women’s age
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous thaw cycles by cause of infertility
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous thaw cycles by number of embryos transferred
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from autologous thaw cycles by stage of embryo development
        • Live deliveries from autologous thaw cycles among fertility centres
      • 3.4 Donation and recipient cycles
        • Oocyte donation cycles
        • Oocyte/embryo recipient cycles
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from oocyte/embryo recipient cycles by recipient’s age
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from oocyte/embryo recipient cycles by number of embryos transferred
        • Clinical pregnancies and live deliveries from oocyte/embryo recipient cycles by stage of embryo development
    4. Pregnancy and birth outcomes following embryo transfer cycles in 2008
      • 4.1 Clinical pregnancies
        • Clinical pregnancies overview
        • Fetal hearts by number of embryos transferred
        • Early pregnancy loss
      • 4.2 Deliveries
        • Deliveries by the number of embryos transferred
        • Deliveries by maternal age
        • Caesarean section
      • 4.3 Perinatal outcomes of babies conceived following embryo transfer cycles
        • Sex distribution in babies
        • Gestational age of babies
        • Birthweight of liveborn babies
        • Perinatal mortality
    5. GIFT cycles, surrogacy cycles, other procedures and complications in 2008
      • 5.1 GIFT cycles
      • 5.2 Surrogacy cycles
      • 5.3 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
      • 5.4 Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
    6. Donor sperm insemination cycles in 2008
      • Number and outcomes of DI cycles
      • Clinical pregnancies following DI cycles
      • Perinatal outcomes of babies
    7. Trends in ART treatment and outcomes: 2004–2008
      • ART treatment and outcomes
      • Multiple gestation deliveries
      • Women’s age of autologous cycles
      • Types of ART treatment and stage of embryo development
      • Number of embryos transferred per embryo transfer cycle
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Data used in this report
        • Data validation
        • Data presentation
        • Data limitations
      2. ANZARD data items
    • Terminology used in this report
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

Sullivan EA, Wang YA & Chambers G 2010. Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and New Zealand 2008. Cat. no. PER 49. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468391>.