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Infertility and spontaneous abortion

Prevalence of subfertility

Category of subfertility Prevalence rates
Unresolved primary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have at least one child 2.4-5.9
Resolved primary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have at least one child 10.0-12.1
Unresolved secondary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have more than one child 4.2-7.2
Resolved secondary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have more than one child 12.4
Any episode of primary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have at least one child 13.3
Any episode of secondary subfertility in those women having or attempting to have more than one child 17.4
Any episode of subfertility in those women having or attempting to have at least one child 20.7-32.6

Subfertility defined as failure to conceive after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse or the occurrence of >2 consecutive miscarriages or stillbirths.

Greenhall E, Vessey M. The prevalence of subfertility: a review of the current confusion and a report of two new studies. Fertil Steril. 1990 Dec;54(6):978-83.