Explanation of Figures, Section 1: Overview

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Where are U.S. ART clinics located, how many ART cycles did they perform in 2002, and how many infants were born? Figure 1

Figure 1 is a map of the location of ART clinics in the United States and Puerto Rico, 2002.

There are five statistics listed at the bottom of the map:

• Number of ART clinics in the United States in 2002: 428
• Number of U.S. ART clinics that submitted data in 2002: 391
• Number of ART cycles reported for 2002: 115,392. Note: This number does not include 146 cycles in which a new treatment procedure was being evaluated.
• Number of live-birth deliveries resulting from ART cycles started in 2002: 33,141
• Number of live babies born as a result of ART cycles carried out in 2002: 45,751

What types of ART procedures were used in the United States in 2002? Figure 2

Figure 2 is a pie chart representing types of ART procedures in the United States, 2002.

3,922 frozen–donor cycles, 3.4%
9,261 fresh–donor cycles, 8.0%
16,383 frozen–nondonor cycles, 14.2%
85,826 fresh–nondonor cycles, 74.3%
146 cycles in which a new treatment procedure was being evaluated, 0.1%