# Fertility treatment 2018: trends and figures
**UK statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation**
Published: 30 June 2020
Fertility trends is our annual statistical release. The key findings are published on this page with a statistical appendix available for download.
[**Download the underlying data set in .xlsx (151kb)**](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/3293/underlying-data-tables-fertility-trends-2018.xlsx "download the data as .xlsx").
[**Download a PDF version of this report (1.04mb)**](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/3158/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures.pdf "Fertility treatment 2018: trends and figures").
## **Table of contents**
- **[Main points](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#mainpoints)**
- **[Section 1. IVF birth rates have increased for patients under 43 years](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#birthrates)**
- **[Section 2. Birth rates were above 20% per embryo transferred on average in the first three cycles](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#birthrates2)**
- **[Section 3. Using donor eggs can result in high birth rates for older patients, but they are not widely used](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#donoreggs)**
- **[Section 4. The multiple birth rate decreased further to 8% in 2018](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#multiplebirths)**
- **[Section 5. Transferring more than one embryo could result in a multiple birth rate over 30%](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/fertility-treatment-2018-trends-and-figures/#multiplebirths2)**
- **[Section 6. Embryo and egg storage have increased as freezing becomes more common](https://www.hfea...