U.S. Fertility Clinic Assisted Reproductive Technology Summary for 2020

National data from the CDC's National ART Surveillance System (NASS) provides a snapshot of services, patient characteristics, and success rates for assisted reproductive technology across U.S. fertility clinics for the year 2020. The dataset includes clinic profiles, patient demographics, and cycle outcomes, linked by a unique ClinicID. It was published by data.cdc.gov and last updated in August 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze geographic distribution of ART services using City, LocationAbbr, and ZipCode columns.
• Correlate patient characteristics like age or diagnosis (via Topic, SubTopic, Breakout_Category) with cycle outcomes using Cycle_Count and data_value_num.
• Profile clinic operations and status using FacilityName, Clinic Status, MedicalDirector, and Address fields.
• Investigate annual trends in specific ART procedures or success rates by filtering on Year and QuestionId.

Strengths

• Data is part of a national surveillance system (NASS) covering U.S. fertility clinics.
• Datasets can be linked via the unique ClinicID for cross-analysis.
• Includes multiple data dimensions: clinic services, patient profiles, and success rates.

Limitations

• Specific sample size (row count) and temporal coverage beyond 2020 are unknown.
• Success rates (Data_Value) are not adjusted for patient population differences, limiting direct clinic comparisons.
• Patient-level medical details are aggregated, preventing individual outcome prediction.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov / National ART Surveillance System (NASS).

Collection Method

Collected from fertility clinics across the U.S. as part of federal surveillance.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Data reflects the 2020 reporting year, with metadata updated in 2023.

Geography

United States