HFEA.gov.uk uses cookies to deliver content and make improvements to the website. Accept Configure Menu toggle Research and data Click to show and hide content Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures (published May 2021) This is our annual publication covering key information about the number and type of patients treated, the different treatments they had and the pregnancy rates for fertility treatment. View the Fertility treatment 2019: trends and figures report here. Previous editions Fertility treatment 2018: trends and figures (HTML) Fertility treatment 2017: trends and figures.pdf | 3,775KB Fertility treatment 2017: trends and figures underlying graph data.xlsx | 116KB Fertility treatment 2014 - 2016: trends and figures.pdf | 2,223KB Fertility treatment in 2014 - 2016 Datasheet.xlsx | 182KB Fertility treatment in 2014 - 2016 graph datasheet.xlsx | 92KB Fertility treatment 2014: Trends and figures.pdf | 1,344KB Fertility Trends 2014 Datasheet.xlsx | 88KB HFEA fertility trends 2013.pdf | 2,608KB HFEA fertility trends 2012.pdf | 1,951KB HFEA fertility trends 2011.pdf | 1,358KB Click to show and hide content Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018 This report looks at how access to, and outcomes of fertility treatment, differ by ethnic group. View the Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2018 report here. Click to show and hide content Family formations in fertility treatment 2018 (published September 2020) This report covers UK in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and donor insemination (DI) statistics for heterosexual, female same-sex and single patients. View the Family formations in fertility treatment 2018 report here. Click to show and hide content The State of the fertility sector 2020/21 (published: November 2021) Our "State of the sector" report provides an overview of the UK's fertility sector for 2020/21 View the State of the fertility sector 2020/2021 report Previous editions Download the State of the fertility sector report 2019/2020 Download the State of the fertility sector report 2018/2019 Download the State of the fertility sector report 2018/2019 underlying data Download the State of the fertility sector report 2017/2018 Download the underlying data Click to show and hide content Trends in egg and sperm donation 2017 (published October 2019) This data was produced for Fertility Week 2019. This data includes an update of key information from the March 2019 report on donation. It includes updated data on the number of sperm and egg donor registrations. Download the trends in egg and sperm donation report (PDF 583 KB) Click to show and hide content Trends in egg and sperm donation 2016 (released March 2019) This report provides key information about the number and type of people newly registering as sperm and egg donors in the UK. It also gives information on trends in using donated sperm and eggs in fertility treatment, including how many treatments have been carried out and the demographics of patients. This report complements our flagship annual publication, Fertility treatment: trends and figures, which provides key information about the number and type of fertility treatments that have been carried out across the UK and how many of these have led to a birth. Download the underlying data for this report (XLSX 150 KB) Read the full results of our 2018 national fertility patient survey (PDF 7.3 MB) Click to show and hide content The national patient survey (released December 2018) In September and October 2018 in partnership with YouGov we carried out the country's first ever national fertility patient survey, which invited people who had recently had fertility treatment and their partners to share their views on their treatment, covering every stage of their treatment. In our report 'Pilot national fertility patient survey' you can read detailed analysis of the responses that we received from over 1000 fertility patients and their partners. National patient survey data sets you can also download and read the full response data set. Please note this data has been anonymised to protect the identity of respondents. Download the data sets Download the full report (PDF 784 KB) Click to show and hide content Egg freezing in fertility treatment (released September 2018) Our egg freezing report covers the trends and figures relating to egg freezing and the use of thawed eggs in fertility treatment from 2010 to 2016. When looking at success rates for frozen eggs, numbers tend to be quite low. The technology for egg freezing has also improved over the years which means older data isn’t comparable to current success rates. We advise patients to look at success rates for fresh IVF cycles with patients using their own eggs in their age band. We consider these rates to be more reliable as there are much higher numbers of fresh embryo transfers each year compared to egg freezing. This information can be found in Choose a Fertility Clinic and in our Fertility Trends report. Download the full report (PDF 784 KB) Download the patient friendly version of the report (PDF 1.07 MB) Download the supplement to the report (PDF 92 KB) Download the data sheet of this report (XLSX 56 KB) Download our multiple births report for 2015 (PDF 1 MB) Click to show and hide content Improving outcomes for fertility patients: multiple births A multiple birth (twins, triplets or more) is the single biggest health risk associated with fertility treatment. Find out more about the risks of multiple births. We've worked with the sector to reduce the proportion of multiple births and this report summarises our achievements to date. Download the multiple births datasheet for 2015 (XLSX 46 KB) Previous editions Multiple births datasheet 2011.xls | 100KB opens in a new window Improving outcomes for fertility patients: Multiple births report 2011.pdf | 846KB Download our adverse incidents report for 2015 (PDF 433 KB) Click to show and hide content Adverse incidents in fertility clinics: lessons to learn The vast majority of fertility treatments are carried out without any problems occurring but, as in any clinical setting, mistakes can happen. Most people understand there are risks associated with any kind of healthcare, but they also rightly expect healthcare professionals to learn from those mistakes. This annual report provides details of clinic incidents, allowing clinics to learn from each other and improve patient care. 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