Multiple Births
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of twin births: 137,217
- Number of triplet births: 5,905
- Number of quadruplet births: 355
- Number of quintuplets and other higher order births: 80
- Twin birth rate: 33.2 per 1,000 live births
- Triplet or higher order birth rate: 153.5 per 100,000 live births
Source: Births: Final Data for 2009, tables I, 27 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
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