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Prevalence of infertility (12 months) Author Denominator Prevalence Rachootin 1982 Women attempting to conceive 33% Marchbanks 1989 Study population 32.6% Page 1989 Married/cohabiting 28% Greenhall 1990 Women attempting to conceive 30.7% Webb 1992 Study population 19.1% Schmidt 1995 Women who wished to conceive 26.2% Buckett 1997 Study population 17.3% Boivin 2007 Review of 17 studies 9% Oakley 2008 Women 40-55 yrs consulting doctor 16% Bhattacharya 2009 Women 31-50 yrs 17.5% Datta 2016 Women 16-74 yr old 12.5% Lifetime unresolved infertility in women Author Templeton 1990 Schmidt & Munster 1995 Buckett & Bentinck 1997 Oakley 2007 Bhattacharya 2009 No pregnancies 6.8% 2.7%- 4.5% 2.4% 2.4% 4.3% 10 7