An evaluation of etiological factors of infertility in a tertiary care teaching institute in Uttar Pradesh

Worldwide, infertility is a problem that has been getting worse, particularly in nations with limited resources. An estimated 60–80 million couples worldwide experience infertility each year; likely 15–20 million of these couples reside in India. The WHO estimates that 3% and 8% of Indians are affected by primary and secondary infertility, respectively. Infertility affects up to 1 in 6 couples in India alone. Infertility is more common and has a complex etiology in India due in large part to cultural, socioeconomic, health care, and environmental variables. Infertility psychological repercussions and social stigma affect not just the infertile person but also the relationship and the family. In our developing country, there is still a great deal of embarrassment surrounding infertility, and women are frequently held responsible for their incapacity to conceive. The majority of infertile women in our study (83.11%) are in the young reproductive age range of 21 to 30 years. This study includes mainly rural population with constitute more than 2/3 (60.77%) of the women presenting in OPD with complain of infertility. Around 78.44% of the couples had 1-5 years of duration of infertility. Early marriage has an impact on early childbirth, and in most situations - especially in developing nations - having children is the primary goal of marriage. In our study addiction was present in 24.15% of male and 73.5% of female. Female factor was major contributing cause of infertility in our study (60.25%), of which ovulatory dysfunction is major cause (35%) followed by tubal block. Oligospermia is leading cause of male infertility in male (8.6%).