This report includes a national overview that uses information from U.S. fertility clinics to provide an in-depth picture of the type, number, and outcome of ART cycles performed in U.S. clinics. The report also includes individual clinic tables that provide ART success rates and other information from each clinic that submitted and verified its 2004 data and appendixes containing the results of data validation visits, technical notes, a glossary, and contact information for reporting and nonreporting clinics in the United States.

The data for this national report come from the 411 fertility clinics in operation in 2004 that provided and verified data on the outcomes of all ART cycles started in their clinics. The 127,977 ART cycles performed at these reporting clinics in 2004 resulted in 36,760 live births (deliveries of one or more living infants) and 49,458 infants. Data provided by U.S. clinics that use assisted reproductive technology (ART) to treat infertility are a rich source of information about the factors that contribute to a successful ART treatment—the delivery of a live-born infant.

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Commonly Asked Questions About the U.S. ART Clinic Reporting System:
Background Information, Data Collection Methods, Quality Control, Content and Design of the Report, and Additional Information About ART in the United States

Acknowledgments

Preface

2004 National Report

Introduction to the 2004 National Report

Section 1: Overview

Section 2: ART Cycles Using Fresh Nondonor Eggs or Embryos 

Section 3: ART Cycles Using Frozen Nondonor Embryos 

Section 4: ART Cycles Using Donor Eggs

Section 5: ART Trends, 1996–2004

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2004 Fertility Clinic Tables

Introduction to Fertility Clinic Tables

• Important Factors to Consider When Using These Tables to Assess a Clinic
   
• Sample Clinic 
   
• How to Read a Fertility Clinic Table

2004 National Summary Table

2004 Fertility Clinics by State

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Appendixes

Appendix A: Technical Notes
How to Interpret a Confidence Interval
Findings from Validation Visits for 2004 ART Data

Appendix B: Glossary of Terms Used in This Report

Appendix C: ART Clinics, 2004
Reporting ART Clinics for 2004, by State (contains address, telephone, and laboratory accreditation information)

Nonreporting ART Clinics for 2004, by State

Appendix D: National Consumer Organizations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Reproductive Health
Atlanta, Georgia

American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology
Birmingham, Alabama

December 2006

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention