As many as 25-50% of women with infertility have endometriosis.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by WHO, ASRM, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and multiple peer-reviewed reviews (Oxford Academic, PMC, PubMed). Minor variation in cited ranges across sources reflects differing study populations, but the 25-50% figure is the most widely cited and consistent. [tier=gold indep_score=0.988 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on ASRM's synthesis of classical epidemiological studies on endometriosis prevalence among infertile populations (upstreams: American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Practice Committee, classical epidemiological studies (e.g., Eskenazi & Warner 1997)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high (extractor: empirical/medium)]
Sources
- Endometriosis (seed:anatomy_and_medical_oddities)
- https://www.asrm.org/practice-guidance/practice-committee-documents/endometriosis-and-infertility-a-committee-opinion-2012/ (corroboration)
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/endometriosis (corroboration)
- https://academic.oup.com/hropen/article/2025/2/hoaf012/8046018 (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13437375/ (corroboration)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28742581/ (corroboration)