Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

2007 ART Report Section 4-ART Cycles Using Donor Eggs

Explanation of Figures 44–48.Click on titles or images to go back to Section 4.

Figure 44: Are older women undergoing ART more likely to use donor eggs or embryos?

Figure 44 is a line graph representing the percentage of ART cycles using donor eggs, by age of woman, 2007.

Age <24, 3.4%
Age 24, 5.5%
Age 25, 3.4%
Age 26, 3.5%
Age 27, 3.3%
Age 28, 3.2%
Age 29, 3.2%
Age 30, 3.5%
Age 31, 3.4%
Age 32, 3.6%
Age 33, 3.8%
Age 34, 4.3%
Age 35, 5.0%
Age 36, 6.0%
Age 37, 6.7%
Age 38, 8.9%
Age 39, 10.4%
Age 40, 13.2%
Age 41, 17.3%
Age 42, 24.1%
Age 43, 30.9%
Age 44, 44.1%
Age 45, 61.6%
Age 46, 73.5%
Age 47, 80.2
Age 48, 84.6
Age >48, 91.0%

Figure 45: Do percentages of transfers that result in live births differ by age for women who used ART with donor eggs compared with women who used ART with their own eggs?

Figure 45 is a line graph with two lines—one line represents percentages of transfers that resulted in live births for ART cycles using fresh embryos from the patient’s own eggs and one line represents percentages of transfers that resulted in live births for ART cycles using fresh embryos from donor eggs, by age of woman, 2007.

Age <24, Own eggs 44.9%, Donor eggs 35.7%
Age 24, Own eggs 45.5%, Donor eggs 52.4%
Age 25, Own eggs 51.5%, Donor eggs 47.8%
Age 26, Own eggs 49.1%, Donor eggs 50.0%
Age 27, Own eggs 48.9%, Donor eggs 67.2%
Age 28, Own eggs 47.0%, Donor eggs 58.8%
Age 29, Own eggs 47.3%, Donor eggs 61.9%
Age 30, Own eggs 48.1%, Donor eggs 55.1%
Age 31, Own eggs 46.4%, Donor eggs 55.9%
Age 32, Own eggs 46.0%, Donor eggs 60.1%
Age 33, Own eggs 43.3%, Donor eggs 55.9%
Age 34, Own eggs 43.0%, Donor eggs 58.3%
Age 35, Own eggs 39.1%, Donor eggs 59.9%
Age 36, Own eggs 37.2%, Donor eggs 56.9%
Age 37, Own eggs 34.4%, Donor eggs 54.9%
Age 38, Own eggs 31.3%, Donor eggs 56.3%
Age 39, Own eggs 26.7%, Donor eggs 56.8%
Age 40, Own eggs 22.4%, Donor eggs 55.6%
Age 41, Own eggs 18.1%, Donor eggs 53.6%
Age 42, Own eggs 13.4%, Donor eggs 57.4%
Age 43, Own eggs 9.9%, Donor eggs 54.9%
Age 44, Own eggs 5.3%, Donor eggs 56.0%
Age 45, Own eggs 4.2%, Donor eggs 54.1%
Age 46, Own eggs 2.3%, Donor eggs 51.6%
Age 47, Own eggs 1.4%, Donor eggs 51.3%
Age 48, Own eggs 0%, Donor eggs 49.4%
Age >48, Own eggs 0%, Donor eggs 51.0%

Figure 46: How successful is ART when donor eggs are used?

Figure 46 is a line graph with two lines, one line represents percentages of transfers that resulted in live births for ART cycles using fresh embryos from donor eggs and one line represents percentages of transfers that resulted in singleton live births for ART cycles using fresh embryos from donor eggs, by age of woman, 2007.

Age <24, Live births 35.7%, Singleton live births 21.4%
Age 24, Live births 52.4%, Singleton live births 28.6%
Age 25, Live births 47.8%, Singleton live births 39.1%
Age 26, Live births 50.0%, Singleton live births 20.6%
Age 27, Live births 67.2%, Singleton live births 37.9%
Age 28, Live births 58.8%, Singleton live births 31.3%
Age 29, Live births 61.9%, Singleton live births 37.1%
Age 30, Live births 55.1%, Singleton live births 28.8%
Age 31, Live births 55.9%, Singleton live births 33.6%
Age 32, Live births 60.1%, Singleton live births 34.5 %
Age 33, Live births 55.9%, Singleton live births 32.2%
Age 34, Live births 58.3%, Singleton live births 33.8%
Age 35, Live births 59.9%, Singleton live births 34.7%
Age 36, Live births 56.9%, Singleton live births 31.9%
Age 37, Live births 54.9%, Singleton live births 32.4%
Age 38, Live births 56.3%, Singleton live births 32.2%
Age 39, Live births 56.8%, Singleton live births 32.4%
Age 40, Live births 55.6%, Singleton live births 34.5%
Age 41, Live births 53.6%, Singleton live births 30.8%
Age 42, Live births 57.4%, Singleton live births 35.1%
Age 43, Live births 54.9%, Singleton live births 32.5%
Age 44, Live births 56.0%, Singleton live births 34.0%
Age 45, Live births 54.1%, Singleton live births 35.2%
Age 46, Live births 51.6%, Singleton live births 31.0%
Age 47, Live births 51.3%, Singleton live births 29.3%
Age 48, Live births 49.4%, Singleton live births 30.0%
Age >48, Live births 51.0%, Singleton live births 33.3%

Figure 47: What is the risk of having a multiple-fetus pregnancy or multiple-infant live birth from an ART cycle using fresh donor eggs?

Figure 47 depicts two pie charts, A and B, representing the risks of having multiple-fetus pregnancy and the risks of having multiple-infant live birth from ART cycles using fresh embryos from donor eggs, 2007.

Pie chart A represents 6,609 pregnancies

Singletons: 52.3%
Total multiple-fetus pregnancies 42.6%, which is subdivided as follows:

Twins: 38.8%
Triplets or more: 3.8%

Not able to determine number of fetuses because the pregnancy ended in an early miscarriage: 5.2%

Note: Total does not equal 100% due to rounding.

Pie chart B represents 5,692 live births

Singletons: 59.7%
Total multiple-infant live births 40.3%, which is subdivided as follows:

Twins: 38.5%
Triplets or more: 1.8%

Figure 48: How do percentages of transfers that result in live births differ for ART cycles between women who use frozen donor embryos and those who use fresh donor embryos?

Figure 48 is a bar graph representing percentages of transfers that resulted in live births and singleton live births for ART cycles using frozen donor embryos and ART cycles using fresh donor embryos, 2007.