Multiple Births
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of twin births: 137,085
- Number of triplet births: 6,118
- Number of quadruplet births: 355
- Number of quintuplets and other higher order births: 67
- Twin birth rate: 32.1 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 153.3 per 100,000 live births
Source: Births: Final Data for 2006, tables H and 39
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