Embryos
(asked on 5th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many human eggs, that were frozen have been (a) thawed, (b) been fertilised in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many of those eggs were (i) developed into embryos and (ii) transferred to a recipient uterus; and of those transferred to a uterus, how many resulted in (A) live births, (B) early pregnancy losses and (C) stillbirths.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
Year of cycle: 2017 | |
Eggs thawed | 5,824 |
Eggs fertilised | 4,696 |
Embryos created | 3,270 |
Embryos transferred | 748 |
Live births | 202 |
Early pregnancy losses | 19 |
Stillbirths | Less than 5 |
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
The data is as shown on the HFEA’s register database on 9 April 2019. This is a live database so these figures reflect the data on this day are likely to change over time.