Number of Couples Undergoing In-vitro Fertilisation Treatments in Past Five Years

3 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Health for each year in the past five years, what is the number of couples undergoing in-vitro fertilisation treatments.

Mr Gan Kim Yong: Based on available data, the numbers of assisted reproduction treatment cycles undergone by women annually from 2015 to 2019 are as follows (rounded off to the nearest hundred): 7,100 cycles in 2015, 7,200 cycles in 2016, 7,700 cycles in 2017, 8,500 cycles in 2018 and 8,700 cycles in 2019.