CDC's state data brief for 2021 (published December 2023) lists 1 ART clinic in Alaska. Alaska residents had 238 ART procedures that year, which led to 82 live-born infants, and babies conceived with ART were 1.0% of Alaska births, against 2.3% nationally. CDC counts by the patient's state of residence, so Alaskans treated outside the state are included.
| Measure, 2021 | Alaska | United States |
|---|---|---|
| ART clinics | 1 | 501 performed ART (453 reported to CDC) |
| ART procedures for residents | 238 | 246,087 |
| Live-birth deliveries | 78 | 91,906 |
| Live-born infants | 82 | 97,128 |
| Procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 | 1,457 | 3,250 |
| ART infants among all births | 1.0% (92 of 9,367) | 2.3% |
Procedures exclude egg or embryo banking cycles. Counted by the patient's state of residence, not clinic location. Source: CDC, State-Specific ART Surveillance, 2021 Data Brief (December 2023).
Because CDC counts by residence, Alaska's 238 procedures include every Alaskan who had a procedure that year, whether at the state's one clinic or at a clinic in another state. The table does not say how many went where. The 82 infants come from the 2021 procedures; the 92 are ART babies among all 9,367 infants born in Alaska during 2021.
Alaska's rate in 2021 was 1,457 procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49, less than half the national 3,250. With a single clinic in the state, choice is limited, and some women look further away. That makes practical questions as important as medical ones.
When options are few, it is tempting to accept the first plan you hear. Map to the Positive says a second opinion is not distrust but good medical practice, especially when:
How to do it: ask for copies of all your test results and reports, book with another specialist, present the case neutrally, without leading with the previous diagnosis, and see what approach they propose from scratch.
Second opinions are part of Chapter 31 of Map to the Positive, on choosing the right doctor, in Station IV. That station also sets out when to see a specialist by age, the treatment ladder, and what really happens in each phase of IVF.
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References: State-Specific Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance, United States: 2021 Data Brief (CDC, with ASRM, SART and RESOLVE) (2023-12)