Year Twinning rate1 No. of twin pairs No. of MZ twin pairs No. of deaths from TTTS2 Prevalence per 10000 MZ twin pairs
MZ DZ Total
1995-1998 4.35 4.54 8.89 43989 21524.4 204 94.8
1999-2003 4.35 5.81 10.16 61008 26120.6 336.5 128.8
2004-2008 4.35 6.70 11.05 61876 24358.4 252.5 103.7
Total 4.35 5.73 10.08 166873 71994 793 110.1
Note: 1Per 1000 births, 2Number of concordant for TTTS plus half number of discordant for TTTS
Table 5: Twinning rate, number of monozygotic (MZ) twin pairs, number of deaths due to TTTS and prevalence of TTTS, 1995-2008.
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