Question: have ivf success rates improved?
Answer: Introduction. US live birth rates, defined as live birth rates per fresh cycle of IVF or ICSI started, almost steadily improved until 2001–2002, declined between 2003 and 2007, reached a new high in 2008, plateaued till 2010 and have since been steadily declining, especially profoundly between 2013 and 2016 (Fig. 1).