Success rates of Assisted Reproductive Technology

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 1239

To ask the Minister for Health for each year in the past three years what is the Assisted Reproductive Technology success rate for public and private centres respectively for couples (i) under 30 years old (ii) between 30 years old and 35 years old (iii) between 36 years old and 40 years old and (iv) above 40 years old.

Answer

1        The success rates for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) decline with increasing age and, in fact, drops off precipitously after the maternal age of 35.  For public centres, success rates are 29.5% for women below 30, 27.1% for women from 30 to 35, 16.1% for women from 36 to 40, and 6.1% for women above 40.  A similar trend is observed in private centres, where the success rates stand at 26.7% for women below 30, 24.6% for women from 30 to 35, 17.3% for women from 36 to 40, and 6.7% for women above 40.

2        Our clinical data also shows that overall, from 2013 to 2015, the average ART success rates are 21.3% at public centres and 19.0% at private centres.