Twins peaked? There are more twins being born than ever before
Move over Schwarzenegger and DeVito. Having twins is at its highest and there are more double deliveries than ever before in the world. A study into human reproduction over 30 years in the Oxford Academic has shown that it's at a peak with around 1.6 million twins born each year worldwide (meaning one in every 42 children are born a twin). The reason for the twin peak is due to people starting families later in life and the help of IVF which has seen twins rise by a third since the 1980s. Women choosing to start families later in life, increased use of contraception and lower f...
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