Cited by 599Reproductive Health and TechnologiesAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyReproductive Biology and Fertility

Assisted reproductive technology and intrauterine inseminations in Europe, 2005: results generated from European registers by ESHRE

Open access
Nyboe Andersen, A., Goossens, V., Bhattacharya, S., Ferraretti, A.P., Kupka, M.S., de Mouzon, J., Nygren, K.G.·2009·Human Reproduction

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Results of assisted reproductive techniques from treatments initiated in Europe during 2005 are presented in this ninth report. Data were mainly collected from existing national registers. METHODS: From 30 countries, 923 clinics reported 418 111 treatment cycles including: IVF (118 074), ICSI (203 329), frozen embryo replacement (79 140), oocyte donation (ED, 11 475), preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening (5846) and in vitro maturation (247). Overall, this represents a 13.6% increase since 2004, partly due to inclusion of 28 417 cycles from Turkey. European data on intrauterine insemination using husband/partner's semen (IUI-H) and donor semen (IUI-D) were reported from 21 countries and included 128 908 IUI-H and 20 568 IUI-D cycles. RESULTS: In 16 countries where all clinics reported to the IVF register, 1115 cycles were performed per million inhabitants. For IVF, the clinical pregnancy rates per aspiration and per transfer were 26.9% and 30.3%, respectively. For ICSI, the corresponding rates were 28.5% and 30.9%. After IUI-H, the clinical pregnancy rate was 12.6% per insemination in women <40. After IVF and ICSI, the distribution of transfer of one, two, three and four or more embryos was 20.0%, 56.1%, 21.5% and 2.3%, respectively. Huge differences exist between countries. The distribution of singleton, twin and triplet deliveries after IVF and ICSI was 78.2%, 21.0% and 0.8%, respectively. This gives a total multiple delivery rate of 21.8% compared with 22.7% in 2004 and 23.1% in 2003. In women <40 years of age, IUI-H was associated with a twin and triplet pregnancy rate of 11.0% and 1.1%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with earlier years, there was an increase in the reported number of ART cycles in Europe. Although fewer embryos were transferred per treatment, there was a marginal increase in pregnancy rates and a reduction in multiple deliveries.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1093/humrep/dep035

Cites

15 of 15 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • About 22% of IVF/ICSI treatments were provided to women aged 40+ in 2018, compared with 15% in 2005, based on the author's calculations for 21 European countries.

    “Also, the share of treatments provided to women age 40+ has increased considerably: about 22% of in vitro fertilization (IVF) /intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatments were provided to women aged 40+ in 2018, compared with 15% in 2005 (author ' s calculations for 21 European countries based on Andersen et al., 2009; Wyns et al., 2022).”

    From Delayed Fertility as a Driver of Fertility Decline? (2023) · cites this paper as Andersen et al., 2009

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. Mr Richard Baranowski, Deputy Information Manager, Human Fertili- zation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), 21 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3HF, UK. Tel: þ44-20-7539-3329; Fax: þ44-20-7377-1871;

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Nyboe Andersen, A., Goossens, V., Bhattacharya, S., Ferraretti, A. P., Kupka, M. S., de Mouzon, J., & Nygren, K. G.
Affiliations
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (BE)
Venue
Human Reproduction
Published
2009-02-18
Volume
24
Issue
6
Pages
1267-1287
ISSN
  • 0268-1161 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2350
OpenAlex
W2124145958
Cited by
599
References
15
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 58 · 2013: 67 · 2012: 66
FWCI
98.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Human Reproduction (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Amsterdam UMC (VU Amsterdam) - Institutional Repository (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
Keywords
assisted reproduction, intrauterine insemination, in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, frozen embryo transfer, oocyte donation, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, in vitro maturation, clinical pregnancy rate, multiple pregnancy, embryo transfer, donor insemination, ESHRE, women over 40
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Embryo Transfer, Europe, Female, Fertilization in Vitro, Humans, Insemination, Artificial, Middle Aged, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy Outcome, Pregnancy, Multiple, Registries, Age Distribution, Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal, Pregnancy Rate, Preimplantation Diagnosis, Young Adult

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review