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Australian pregnancies resulting in multiple births

Multiple Births

1980 - 1.0% (2,249 of 223,318; 2,219 twins, 30 triplets or higher)

1990 - 1.2% (3,168 of 259,435; 3,074 twins, 94 triplets or higher)

2000 - 1.6% (3,900 of 245,700; 3,800 twins, 100 triplets or higher)

"Among older women this trend is more pronounced. In 1980, there were 730 confinements resulting in multiple births to women aged 30 years and over, constituting 1% of all confinements among women over 30. By 2000, this number had increased to 2,300 (2%)."

(data - Australian Bureau Statistics)


http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Defect/twin.htm#AusPrevalence

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current10:54, 26 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 10:54, 26 January 2010541 × 292 (5 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)Australian pregnancies resulting in multiple births Multiple Births 1980 - 1.0% (2,249 of 223,318; 2,219 twins, 30 triplets or higher) 1990 - 1.2% (3,168 of 259,435; 3,074 twins, 94 triplets or higher) 2000 - 1.6% (3,900 of 245,700; 3,800 twins, 100 t