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U.S. twin birth rate 1980-2016

Birth rate for twins in the United States from 1980 to 2016 (per 1,000 live births)

The data displays the birth rate for twins in the U.S. from 1980 to 2016. In 1980, approx. 19 live births out of every one thousand were twins. This rate increased to more than 33 births per thousand, thirty years later.

2016	33.4
2015	33.5
2014	33.9
2013	33.7
2012	33.1
2011	33.2
2010	33.1
2009	33.2
2008	32.6
2007	32.2
2006	32.1
2005	32.2
2004	32.2
2003	31.5
2002	31.1
2001	30.1
2000	29.3
1999	28.9
1998	28.1
1997	26.8
1996	25.9
1995	24.8
1994	24.6
1993	24.1
1992	23.5
1991	23.1
1990	22.6
1989	22.3
1988	21.8
1987	21.5
1986	21.2
1985	20.5
1984	19.9
1983	19.9
1982	19.5
1981	19.3
1980	18.9

U.S. twin birth rate 1980-2016

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