Israel Fertility Statistics

I would like to thank the Macabi HMO for paying the bulk of my expenses of the treatments, pregnancy and birth of Raphaela.

They reported today the following regarding the steep rise in fertility treatments among women 40 and older, since 2005.  The HMO provides fertility and IVF treatments through the age of 45, and they note that for "relatively older women...the chances of a successful pregnancy are not necessarily connected to technology, but to the quality of the woman's eggs."

Beer Sheva  +76%
Rishon LeTzion  +76%
Bat Yam  +60%
Tel Aviv/Bnei Brak  +52%
Rechovot  +42%
Jerusalem  +37%
Ashkelon  +31%
Ashdod  -16%

Of particular note are the increases in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak, two cities dominated by the religious and Ultra-Orthodox populations.

I love being a statistic.