CDC's state data brief for 2021 (published December 2023) lists 24 ART clinics in Illinois and 14,564 ART procedures for Illinois residents, leading to 4,945 live-birth deliveries and 5,236 live-born infants. Babies conceived with ART were 3.6% of Illinois births, against 2.3% nationally. CDC counts procedures and births by the patient's state of residence.
| Measure, 2021 | Illinois | United States |
|---|---|---|
| ART clinics | 24 | 501 performed ART (453 reported to CDC) |
| ART procedures for residents | 14,564 | 246,087 |
| Live-birth deliveries | 4,945 | 91,906 |
| Live-born infants | 5,236 | 97,128 |
| Procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 | 5,062 | 3,250 |
| ART infants among all births | 3.6% (4,791 of 132,189) | 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).
Illinois residents had 5,062 procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49, more than one and a half times the national 3,250. The 5,236 infants follow the 2021 procedures; the 4,791 are ART babies among the 132,189 infants born in Illinois during 2021. An Illinois resident treated in another state still counts here.
Illinois requires many group plans to cover IVF (see the Illinois coverage page). The CDC totals show how much Illinois residents use IVF; they do not tell you how one clinic performs for a woman like you.
Map to the Positive calls the 14 days after the transfer the most emotionally difficult stretch of IVF. Knowing what happens helps:
The wait is Phase 5 of IVF in Chapter 35 of Map to the Positive, IVF demystified, in Station IV, which also covers side effects, myths and the questions to ask before you start. The same station explains when to see a specialist, choosing 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) · State and Territory Infertility Insurance Laws: Illinois (ASRM ReproductiveFacts.org) (accessed 2026-10-30)