Populated places with highest incidence of multiple birth

This article lists places worldwide where relatively high birth rates of twins were documented:

Villages or Towns "Towns of Twins"
LocationCountryContinentTwin Birth Rate
KodinhiIndiaAsia204 sets of twins and 2 sets of triplets born to 2,000 families [1]
Velikaya KopanyaUkraineEurope122 twins in a population of 4,000 [2]
Igbo-OraNigeriaAfrica45 to 50 sets of twins per 1000 live births [3]
Cândido GodóiBrazilSouth AmericaOne in 10 births involves twins[4]
Mohammadpur UmriIndiaAsiaOne in 10 births involves twins [5]
Abu Atwa, IsmailiaEgyptAfrica[6][7]

States

In 2008, Massachusetts has emerged as the most prolific producer of multiple births in the United States. The state has a twin birth rate of 4.5 for every 100 live births, compared with a national rate of 3.2.[8]

Countries

There is no publicly available, peer edited, cited literature to rank the twinning rate by country. www.livescience.com has an article related to this, but article’s only citation is the authors previous opinion article.

See also
  • Category:Populated places with highest incidence of multiple birth

References
  1. "Babies come in twos in this Kerala village". DNA. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. Lubin, Rhian (2016-01-27). "This village breaks records for 'multiple' reasons..." mirror. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  3. "The Land Of Twins | BBC World Service". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. Matte, U; Le Roux, M. G.; Bénichou, B; Moisan, J. P.; Giugliani, R (1996). "Study on possible increase in twinning rate at a small village in south Brazil". Acta Geneticae Medicae et Gemellologiae. 45 (4): 431–7. doi:10.1017/S0001566000000829. PMID 9181177.
  5. "India's twins pose DNA puzzle". 2004-02-23. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  6. "قرية "أبو عطوة" المصرية.. مدمنة توائم,". archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  7. "يخلق من الشبه 600 فى قرية أبو عطوة!". elgornal.net. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  8. Schweitzer, Sarah (2008-06-17). "Massachusetts, land of twins". Boston.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
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