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
2008 ART STATISTICS
Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined
| Age of Woman | <35
| 35-37 | 38-40 | 41-42 | 43-44 | Totals |
| Cycle starts | 219 | 154
| 151
| 58
| 22
| 604
|
Retrievals
| 205
| 143
| 129
| 44
| 18
| 539
|
Transfers
| 189
| 138
| 122
| 43 | 15
| 507
|
Pregnancies
| 97 | 68 | 53 | 10
| 4
| 232
|
Pregnancy rate per start
| 44.3%
| 44.2% | 35.1% | 17.2% | 18.2% | 38.4% |
Pregnancy rate per retrieval
| 47.3% | 47.6% | 41.1%
| 22.7% | 22.2% | 43.0% |
Pregnancy rate per transfer
| 51.3% | 49.3% | 43.4% | 23.3% | 26.7% | 45.8% |
| Cancellation rate | 6.4%
| 7.1% | 14.6% | 24.1% | 18.2% | 10.8% |
Frozen embryo cycles - Day 3 and Blastocysts Combined
| Age of Woman | <35 | 35-37 | 38-40 | 41-42 | 43-44 | Totals |
Transfers
| 108 | 62
| 44
| 13
| 2
| 229
|
Pregnancies
| 54 | 33
| 19 | 3 | 0
| 109 |
Pregnancy rate per transfer
| 50.0%
| 53.2% | 43.2%
| 23.1%
| 0% | 47.6% |
Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles - Donor Eggs
| Cycle starts | 93 |
| Donor retrievals (some shared) | 85
|
| Recipient transfers | 83
|
Pregnancies
| 64 |
Pregnancy rate per start
| 68.8%
|
Pregnancy rate per transfer
| 77.1%
|
Cancellation rate
| 6.6% |
Frozen embryo cycles - Donor
Recipient transfers
| 64 |
Pregnancies
| 27
|
| Pregnancy rate per transfer | 42.2%
|
Blastocyst Transfers
| Age of Woman | <35 | 35-37
| 38-40 | >41 | Donor | Totals
|
| Embryo transfers | 130 | 87
| 67
| 20 | 83
| 387
|
Clinical pregnancies
| 88
| 51
| 36
| 11
| 65
| 251
|
Pregnancy rate per transfer
| 67.7%
| 58.6%
| 53.7%
| 55.0%
| 78.3%
| 64.9% |
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