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2.6 billion was spent on infertility treatments in 1996 and is expected to rise to 5.2 billion in 2006.
Fertility Today is America’s most in depth and complete fertility magazine written primarily for men and women ages 21-40 with the desire to start a family or enlarge their current family through natural pregnancy, adoption or other medically available means, according to research data .
There are over 61 million persons of reproductive age living in the United States of America.
Infertility affects about 7.8 million women and their partners in the U.S.A. , that’s about ten percent of the reproductive age population (Source:National Survey of Family Growth, CDC 1995).
There are as many as 12 million individuals of childbearing age in the United States who are infertile (1987 Journal of Counseling and Development, 65, 465-469.)
At any given time over 11 million couples are thinking of getting pregnant or actively trying to get pregnant .Infertility affects approximately 16% of all couples in America. (The Arizona Republic, Dec.2003)
Almost 2 million couples seek help from infertility specialist each year and this number is growing as more information is made available. (National Center for Health Statistics)
Most infertility cases - 85% to 90%- are treated with conventional medical therapies such as medication or surgery. (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
While vital for some patients, in vitro fertilization and similar treatments account for less than 3% of infertility services, and about (or approximately) seven hundredths of one percent (0.07%) of U.S. health care costs. (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
More than 1,000,000 IVF children born worldwide who are indistinguishable from the general population. Those are the kind of children that the whole of everyday infertile people are seeking.
More than two out of five women of childbearing age have no children (US Census Bureau)
The average age at which women in the USA are having their first child has climbed to about 25.1 years. (Center for Disease Control)
About 20% of the women in the United states of America have their first child after age 35.
In the United States only about 10% of women have their first child by age 18.
The biological causes of infertility affect men and women equally. In 35% of cases, the man is infertile, while in another 35% of the cases the woman is infertile, in another 10- 20% it’s a combined problem and in the next 10% the cause is unknown. ( The Arizona Republic Dec., 2003)
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