CDC's state data brief for 2021 (published December 2023) lists 78 ART clinics in California and 30,835 ART procedures for California residents, leading to 12,389 live-birth deliveries and 13,026 live-born infants. Babies conceived with ART were 2.7% of California births, above the national 2.3%. CDC counts procedures and births by the patient's state of residence.
| Measure, 2021 | California | United States |
|---|---|---|
| ART clinics | 78 | 501 performed ART (453 reported to CDC) |
| ART procedures for residents | 30,835 | 246,087 |
| Live-birth deliveries | 12,389 | 91,906 |
| Live-born infants | 13,026 | 97,128 |
| Procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 | 3,359 | 3,250 |
| ART infants among all births | 2.7% (11,392 of 420,608) | 2.3% |
Procedures exclude egg or embryo banking cycles. Counted by the patient's state of residence. Source: CDC, State-Specific ART Surveillance, 2021 Data Brief (December 2023).
Residence, not clinic address, decides where a procedure is counted. The 13,026 infants follow the procedures done for Californians in 2021; the 11,392 are ART babies among the 420,608 infants born in California during 2021.
California's 2021 rate, 3,359 procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49, was slightly above the national 3,250. These figures predate SB 729, the state's IVF coverage law that took effect on January 1, 2026 (see the California coverage page), so they say nothing yet about its effect.
Map to the Positive explains that knowing the process reduces anxiety. An IVF cycle has five phases:
These phases come from Chapter 35 of Map to the Positive, IVF demystified, in Station IV, which also covers side effects, common myths and the questions to ask before you start. The same station explains when to see a specialist, how to choose a doctor and the treatment ladder.
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References: State-Specific Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance, United States: 2021 Data Brief (CDC, with ASRM, SART and RESOLVE) (2023-12) · REVISED APL 25-021: Implementation of Senate Bill 729 (2024) (California Department of Managed Health Care) (2026-02-23)