Infertility treatment increases by 40 percent in 4 years: data

Infertility treatment cases in South Korea rose nearly 40 percent over four years to reach 203,101 in 2023, according to data released Wednesday by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

The HIRA data showed a particularly sharp increase in in vitro fertilization, which jumped 55.4 percent to 171,510 cases from 110,390 in 2019.

Intrauterine insemination, on the other hand, decreased 12.2 percent over the same period to 31,591 cases.

A total of 77,660 women received infertility treat ...