Statistics about Female infertility
Cause statistics for Female infertility:
The following are statistics from various sources
about the causes of Female infertility:
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Female infertility:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Female infertility
Incidence (annual) of Female infertility: at least 2 million annual cases (based on NWHIC)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Female infertility:
2,000,000 per year,
166,666 per month,
38,461 per week,
5,479 per day,
228 per hour,
3 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: at least 2 million annual cases (based on NWHIC)
Prevelance statistics about Female infertility:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Female infertility:
- 6.1 million people infertile in the US 1997 (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
- 10.1% of reproductive age population infertile in the US 1997 (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
- Infertility equally affects men and women in the US (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
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Female infertility Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Society statistics for Female infertility
Hospitalization statistics for Female infertility:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Female infertility:
- 0.13% (16,268) of hospital consultant episodes were for female infertility in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for female infertility in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for female infertility in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 35 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for female infertility in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 79% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 85% of hospital consultant episodes for female infertility were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.007% (3,441) of hospital bed days were for female infertility in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Female infertility.
The term 'prevalence' of Female infertility usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Female infertility at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Female infertility refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Female infertility diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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