• One out of every ten couples experiences infertility.
  
  

• About 6.1 million Americans suffer from this condition.
  
  

• About 2.1 million people are currently experiencing infertility, but only about 60,000 children are placed for adoption in the U.S. each year.
  
  

• One-third of all infertility cases involve female infertility, one-third involve male infertility, and one-third result from either a combination or an unknown cause.
  
  

• Less than half of the couples or individuals experiencing infertility seek medical advice.
  
  

• Of those that seek medical advice, only a little more than half opt for further services.
  
  

• Sixty-five percent of those who do pursue treatment succeed in having a baby.
  
  

• Less than 2 percent of those who seek treatment employ high-tech procedures like in-vitro fertilization.
  
  

• Although infertility treatments are often not covered by insurance, research indicates that providing more comprehensive coverage costs only about $1.71 per contract per year. That's only about 0.41 percent of the average total monthly family premium.

* Information from the Tennessee chapter of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, www.host.fptoday.com (visited Sept. 25, 2000); Adoptive Families, vol. 33, no. 5, at 8-9 (Sept./Oct. 2000).



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