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Twins peak with more born than ever before – BBC News
One in every 42 children is born a twin and much has changed over the past 30 years, a report finds.
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image captionThe rate of twins born worldwide has gone up by a third since the 1980s
More twins are being born than ever before but the world may now have reached peak twin, researchers say.
About 1.6 million twins are born each year worldwide, with one in every 42 children born a twin.
Delayed childbearing and medical techniques such as IVF have seen the rate of twin births rise by a third since the 1980s.
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