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Although China’s population is currently over 1.3 billion, many may be surprised to learn that the home to the world’s largest population also has more infertile couples than several countries combined.

Yesterday, Asia News reported that China has “at least 40 million couples” who have difficulties having children or are otherwise infertile. Taking China’s “one child policy” and the country’s booming economy into consideration, the 12.5% infertility rate could soon mean labor shortages. The article also points to “a rapidly aging population” as another factor for this.

The 2009 Investigative Report on the Current State of Infertility in China found a significant decline in average sperm counts of Chinese men—60% less sperm per milliliter. For Chinese women, blockage of the fallopian tubes, which can be caused by abortions, seemed to be the leading cause of infertility. About 66% of the women in the study said that their infertility had not been cured after repeated treatments, although the article did not specify which types of treatments of therapies were available or administered to them.

Dr. Lu Guangxiu, President of the Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of Citic-Xiangya in Changsha, said that the high number of abortions and increasing levels of obesity were the main reasons for higher infertility rates, which have been rising since the 1970s. The article concludes that many of these couples could benefit from IVF treatments but the costs is “well beyond the reach of many couples.”

A December 2008 report from the World Health Organization implies that infertility will become the third most serious disease in China this century, with infertility rates rising from 12.5% to 15%. Dr. Lu Budong, Vice President of Second Hospital of Zhenjiang Chinese Medical University attributes the rising infertility rates to stressful and unhealthy lifestyles that include alcohol consumption, smoking and environmental factors.

An article from April 2007 also comments on the “Rapid rise in China’s infertility rate,” claiming that pollution, stress, smoking and abortions are the cause. The article from The Independent Online also suggests that the economic boom of recent years has allowed Chinese to become more affluent and lead lives that are unhealthy. The Dean believes this is also true in the United States where obesity and other health problems are associated with lifestyles.

This source also reports that China is home to more than 50% of the elderly population in Asia and by 2050 the number of people 60 and older will exceed 400 million or 30% of the population.

The Dean can see the enormous potential in bringing a cost-effective IVF treatment like $IVOB‘s INVO procedure to China’s 40 million infertile couples. By applying the same formula discussed in “Giving Birth to a Profitable Company (OTC:IVOB),” The Dean is even more excited about $IVOB‘s overall potential.

Why’s that you ask? Even if $IVOB were to treat just 1% or 400,000 of the 40 million couples in China, $IVOB could see profits of $180 million. And The Dean wants all of his students to remember that $IVOB wants to treat at least 5% of the world’s infertile population, so revenues generated in China alone could exceed $900 million.

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