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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Infertility

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Infertility

The information below shows a list of types of Infertility, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease	Prevalence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Infertility (overall)	approx 1 in 44 or 2.24% or 6.1 million people in USA	6,100,000	6.1 million people in 1997 (NWHIC); 5.3 million Americans or 9% of reproductive age (NWHIC/American Society for Reproductive Medicine)
Subfertility	approx 1 in 10 or 10.00% or 27.2 million people in USA	27,200,000	about 1 in 10 couples
Male infertility	N/A	N/A	No information
Female infertility	N/A	N/A	No information

Prevalence Statistics for Infertility

Prevalance of Infertility:

6.1 million people in 1997 (NWHIC); 5.3 million Americans or 9% of reproductive age (NWHIC/American Society for Reproductive Medicine)

Prevalance Rate:

approx 1 in 44 or 2.24% or 6.1 million people in USA [about data]

Prevalance of Infertility:

condition affects about 5.3 million Americans, or 9 percent of the reproductive age population, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. (Source: excerpt from Infertility: NWHIC)

Prevelance statistics about Infertility:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Infertility:

• 6.1 million people in the US 1997 (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
• 10.1% of reproductive age population in the US 1997 (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)
• Infertility equally affects men and women in the US (American Society of Reproductive Medicine)

Types of Infertility

For more information about types of Infertility, refer to our section on types of Infertility.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Infertility usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Infertility at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Infertility is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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