Statistical Services - BC Vital Statistics Agency

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Out of the 40,467 live births in 2000, only 1,026 or 2.5% were multiple births.
Of all live births in 2000:
- Almost all (97.5%) were singletons (39,441)
- One twin was born out of every 41 live births (978 twins)
- A triplet was born once in approximately 843 live births (48 triplets)
- There were no quadruplets born in B.C. in 2000.
Older mothers, 35 years of age or older, had the highest proportion of multiple births; 252 births or 3.2% of live births to these mothers were multiple births. The 746 multiple births to mothers aged 20 to 34 years accounted for 2.4% of births to mothers in this age group. The lowest proportion of multiple births were to teenage mothers; the 28 twins born to teenage mothers accounted for 1.5% of births to mothers in this age group.

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