• Number of women ages 15-44 with impaired fecundity (impaired ability to have children): 7.3 million
• Percent of women ages 15-44 with impaired fecundity: 11.8%
• Number of married women ages 15-44 that are infertile (unable to get pregnant for at least 12 consecutive months): 2.1 million
• Percent of married women ages 15-44 that are infertile: 7.4%
• Number of women ages 15-44 who have ever used infertility services: 7.3 million

  Treatments for infertility vary by method and by cost.

Medical treatments for infertility include

• Medications

• Intrauterine insemination (IUI)

• If conservative medical treatments fail to achieve a full term pregnancy, patients may undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF and related techniques (ICSI, ZIFT, GIFT) are referred tp assisted reproductive technology (ART) techniques.