Multiple Births (Data are for U.S. in 2002) Number of live multiple births: 132,535 Number of twin births: 125,134 Number of triplet births: 6,898 Number of quadruplet births: 434 Number of quintuplets and other higher order births: 69 Source: Births: Final Data for 2002 More data Live Births by Plurality of Births and Ratios, by Age and Race of Mother Births: Final Data for 2002, table 50 Related links American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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