Global Fertility Rates 

The IVF industry is driven by multiple structural global trends:

• Decreasing fertility rates
• Decreasing birth rates
• Increasing insurance and government policy supporting IVF

According to the WHO, 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility. The global birth rate has dropped from 5 births per woman to 2.3 over the past 50 years. The primary reasons seem cultural; women are choosing to have children later in life. There are also other lifestyle factors like smoking, alcohol use and obesity that affect the fertility of men and women.