This publication was developed and produced by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in consultation with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion		F. Ed Thompson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Acting Director
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion		Janet Collins, Ph.D., Director
	Division of Reproductive   Health	John R. Lehnherr, Acting Director Kelly Brumbaugh, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
	Women’s Health and Fertility     Branch	Maurizio Macaluso, M.D., Dr.P.H., Chief Jeani Chang, M.P.H. Dmitry M. Kissin, M.D., M.P.H. Laura A. Schieve, Ph.D. Victoria C. Wright, M.P.H.
	Information Technology,     Statistics, and Surveillance     Branch	Stacey Mattison, M.S., Acting Chief Michael Chen, Ph.D. Douglas Cook, M.B.I.S. Gary Jeng, Ph.D.
	Technical Information and   Editorial Services Branch	Christine Fralish, M.L.I.S., Chief Linda G. Elsner
American Society for Reproductive Medicine		Robert Rebar, M.D., Executive Director
Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology		Eric Surrey, M.D., President Joyce G. Zeitz
	Registry Committee	Elizabeth Ginsburg, M.D., Chair Barry Behr, Ph.D. David Keefe, M.D.

The data included in this report were provided by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology under Contract No. 200–98–106 for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Publication support was provided by Palladian Partners, Inc., under Contract No. GS—23F–0270L for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine thank RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association and The American Fertility Association (AFA) for their commitment to assisted reproductive technology surveillance. Their assistance in making this report informative and helpful to people considering an ART procedure is greatly appreciated. Appendix D has current contact information for these national consumer organizations.

The Division of Reproductive Health in CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion also thanks the following individuals for their many contributions and support of this effort.

Heather Breeze Clayton, M.P.H., Association of Schools of Public Health
Connie Butler, Science Applications International Corporation
Valerie Jackson, Science Applications International Corporation
Kristi Seed, Science Applications International Corporation