We are proud of the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area's record of success. Our doctors and staff are constantly improving their skills and our state-of-the-art facilities to increase your likelihood of becoming a parent. Please read Making Sense of ART Statistics to help you understand the meaning of these statistics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SART) collect and report statistics for U.S. fertility clinics. The CDC maintains a web site where you can view past years live birth results. Click here to see the results
RSC ART LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS 2008
Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined
| Age of Women |
<35 |
35-37 |
38-40 |
41-42 |
| Cycle starts |
218 |
155 |
151 |
58 |
| Transfers |
189 |
138 |
122 |
43 |
| Live Births |
87 |
54 |
40 |
18 |
| Live Birth rate per transfer |
46.0% |
39.1% |
32.8% |
18.6% |
| Cancellation rate |
6.4% |
7.1% |
14.6% |
24.1% |
Frozen embryo cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined
| Age of Women |
<35 |
35-37 |
38-40 |
41-42 |
| Transfers |
108 |
63 |
44 |
13 |
| Live Births |
42 |
22 |
13 |
2 |
| Live Birth rate per transfer |
39.0% |
35.0% |
30.0% |
15.0% |
Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Donor Eggs
| Recipient transfers |
87 |
| Live Births |
60 |
| Pregnancy rate per start |
69.0% |
| Live Birth rate per transfer |
69.0% |
Frozen embryo cycles - Donor
| Recipient transfers |
75 |
| Live Births |
33 |
| Live Birth rate per transfer |
44.0% |
Blastocyst Transfers
| Age of Women |
<35 |
35-37 |
38-40 |
>41 |
Donor |
Totals |
| Embryo transfers |
130 |
87 |
67 |
20 |
83 |
387 |
| Clincal Pregnancies |
88 |
51 |
36 |
11 |
65 |
251 |
| Pregnancy rate per transfer |
67.7% |
58.6% |
53.7% |
55.0% |
78.3% |
64.9% |
| Number of cycles |
6 |
| Average number of embryos transferred |
2 |
| Number of clinical pregnancies |
6 |
| Clinical pregnancy rate |
100% |
| Number of live births |
5 |
| Live birth rate |
83% |
| Implantation rate |
75% |
| Twin rate |
50% |
| Triplets or higher |
0.0% |
NOTE: "A comparison of clinic success rates may not be meaningful because patient medical characteristics and treatment approaches may vary from clinic to clinic." ASRM October 1999
