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Ten Infertility Facts
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10 Facts about Infertility from Conceptions Reproductive Associates of Colorado (www.ConceptionsRepro.com)
| | FACT 1: Infertility is the inability of a couple to conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse (six months for women over age 35) or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. |
| | FACT 2: Approximately 15 percent of couples, or one in six, are faced with infertility. |
| | FACT 3: Infertility affects 6.1 million people in the United States - about 10 percent of the reproductive age population. |
| | FACT 4: Nationwide, millions of women are undergoing infertility treatment. |
| | FACT 5: Infertility is a female problem in 35 percent of cases, a male problem in 35 percent of the cases, a combined problem in 20 percent of cases, and unexplained in 10 percent of all cases. |
| | FACT 6: Almost 50% of all couples have more than one cause for infertility. |
| | FACT 7: Lifestyle issues such as stress, age, smoking, alcohol use, drug use and even nutritional deficiencies can affect fertility. |
| | FACT 8: The majority of infertility cases (85-90 percent) are treatable with medication or surgery. |
| | FACT 9: The first IVF procedure was performed in the U.S. in 1981 at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Since then, more than 114,000 babies nationwide, and nearly one million babies worldwide have been born as a result of IVF. |
| | FACT 10: Approximately 82 percent of pregnancies achieved through IVF result in live birth. |
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