Racial and ethnic disparities among donor oocyte banks in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether racial and ethnic distributions of oocyte donors contributing to US oocyte banks differ from the demographics of US women and donor oocyte recipients.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

United States donor oocyte banks, US census, and fertility clinics reporting to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System.

Patients

Oocyte donors from 12 banks, women aged 18-44 years based on the 2019 census, and US recipients of cryopreserved donor oocytes from 2012 to 2015.

Intervention

None.

Main outcome measure

Proportions of donors identifying as each racial and ethnic group.

Results

Of the 1,574 oocyte donors, 678 (43.1%) identified as white compared with 54.8% of US women and 69

SUBMITTER: Tsai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature