Table 1.

Summary statistics of Embryo Wastage rates across all ages in non-donor ART cycles in the USA (2004–2013)

Year	Mean number of embryos transferred	Number of transfers performed	Total number of embryos transferred	Number of liveborn infants	Embryo wastage rate (%)	Transfers leading to liveborn infant (%)
2004	2.75	70,442	194,415	32,547	83.2	24.8
2005	2.67	71,379	190,944	33,083	82.6	25.0
2006	2.58	72,908	188,266	34,610	81.6	26.2
2007	2.50	75,677	189,923	36,555	80.7	26.8
2008	2.48	79,302	197,033	39,091	80.1	27.3
2009	2.40	78,797	189,634	38,663	79.6	27.4
2010	2.31	78,282	180,838	38,493	78.7	27.5
2011	2.22	78,266	174,528	37,003	78.7	27.1
2012	2.16	75,260	163,128	35,440	78.2	27.2
2013	2.04	68,081	139,373	32,729	76.5	27.8
Total		748,394	1,808,082	358,214	80.1