This publication was developed and produced by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in consultation with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion		James S. Marks, M.D., M.P.H., Director
	Division of Reproductive   Health	John R. Lehnherr, Acting Director
	Women’s Health and Fertility     Branch	Maurizio Macaluso, M.D., Dr.P.H., Chief Laura A. Schieve, Ph.D., ARTE Team Leader Meredith A. Reynolds, Ph.D. Victoria A. Wright, M.P.H. Robert A. Cicatello
	Information Technology,     Statistics, and Surveillance     Branch	Joy Herndon, M.S., Chief Gary Jeng, Ph.D. Micheal Chen, Ph.D. Douglas Cook, M.B.I.S. Margaret Watson
	Technical Information and    Editorial Services Branch	Christine Fralish, M.L.I.S., Chief Linda G. Elsner
American Society for Reproductive Medicine		Robert Rebar, M.D., Executive Director
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology		Robert G. Brzyshi, M.D., Ph.D., President Joyce G. Zeitz
	Registry Committee	Lucinda Veeck, M.L.T., D.Sc., Chairman Benjamin Gocial, M.D. Elizabeth Ginsburg, M.D.

The data included in this report were provided by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology under Contract No. 200-98-0106 for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Publication support was provided by Palladian Partners, Inc., under Contract No. 200-98-0415 for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine thank RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association and The American Infertility Association (AIA) for their commitment to assisted reproductive technology surveillance. Their assistance in making this report informative and helpful to people considering an ART procedure is greatly appreciated. Appendix D has current contact information for these national consumer organizations.

Internet publication development and support was provided by Kelly Brumbaugh, CDC; Connie Butler, Computer Sciences Corporation; Douglas Cook, M.B.I.S., CDC; Joy Herndon, M.S., CDC; Kevin Moran, CDC, and Kristi Seed, Computer Sciences Corporation.