Inseminations

In 2007, inseminations carried out with partner sperm totalled 3782 (82.1%) and those with donor sperm 822 (17.9%). Of all treatment cycles, a total of 599 (13.0%) led to a pregnancy and 430 (9.3%) to a delivery with at least one live birth. The treatment outcomes were better with donor sperm (18.1% and 13.6%) than with partner sperm (11.9% and 8.4%). However, all treatment outcomes showed slight improvements compared to the outcomes in 2006. Multiple deliveries accounted for 6.3 per cent of the deliveries. There was one triplet delivery. Of all deliveries following insemination, 6.3 per cent were twin deliveries. The share of multiple deliveries was smaller than in IVF, but still significantly larger than in spontaneous pregnancies, because of the hormones used during treatment. In total, insemination treatments resulted in 458 births.

According to preliminary data for 2008, clinics performed 4517 treatments (-1.9%), of which 3872 (+2.4%) used partner sperm and 645 (-21.5%) donor sperm.

Table 3. Inseminations 2007