Assisted Fertility Treatments
The most recent statistical data on assisted reproduction in
Finland. The statistics include trend data from 1992 onwards.
Assisted Fertility Treatments 2009-2010
The assisted fertility treatments performed in 2009 resulted in
a total of 3112 pregnancies, and 2548 infants were born as a
result. This is 4.2 per cent of all the children born in Finland in
that year. The number of treatment cycles started in 2009 was 13
500, slightly less than in 2008
(-0.7%).
The number of treatments has grown by about 19 per cent over the
past ten years in Finland, and this is partially explained by an
increase in frozen embryo transfers (FETs). The number of
insemination treatments has increased by about 12 per cent over the
past five years.
In 2009, the assisted fertility treatments given consisted of
about 9000 IVF and ICSI treatments and related FETs, and some 4500
intrauterine insemination treatments (IUI). According to advance
information, about 14 000 treatment cycles were started in 2010, an
increase of 3.4 per cent on 2009.
Nearly 15 per cent of all the treatment cycles started in 2009
used donor gametes. According to the 2010 preliminary data, the
number of treatments with donor gametes remained on the same level
as the previous year. The availability of donor gametes limits the
number of treatments.
The number of insemination treatments using donor sperm rose by
nearly 28 per cent in 2009 compared with 2008. Preliminary data
indicate that the rise continued in 2010 (+20.3%). The number of
IVF treatments (including ICSI and FET) using donor sperm rose by
over 30 per cent in 2009, reaching the 2007 level. Preliminary data
indicate that the trend levelled out in 2010 (-0.8%).
In 2009, the number of IVF treatments (including ICSI and FET)
with donor oocytes rose by eight per cent on the previous year,
reaching the level before the amendment of the Act on Assisted
Fertility Treatments. According to preliminary data, the number of
assisted fertility treatments using donor oocytes fell by 23 per
cent in 2010.
Figure 1. Assisted fertility treatments in
1992-2010.
* Preliminary data
No data on donor sperm and donor embryos was collected before 2001.
Data has been collected on inseminations (IUI) since
2006.
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Source of information:
Hedelmöityshoidot 2009-2010 -
Assisterad befruktning 2009-2010 -
Assisted fertility treatments 2009-2010
Statistical Summary 15/2011, 28th April 2011
Official Statistics of Finland, Health 2010. THL.
Further information:
Anna Heino +358 9
3967 7177
Mika Gissler tel. +358 9 3967 7279
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