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Statistics » Pregnancy & Birth » Statistics   Source Central Statistics Office Report on Vital Statistics 2006  Multiple births The number of maternities in 2006 which resulted in multiple live births was 1,008 consisting of 990 sets of twins,17 sets of triplets and one set of quadruplets. This is equivalent to a “twinning rate” of 15.4 (i.e. the number of sets of live twins per 1,000 maternities which resulted in live births). Table 2.18 summarises the number of multiple births and the “twinning rate” for the years 1984 to 2006.