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Triplets and Higher Order Multiple Births in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Y. Imaizumi
Y. Imaizumi*
Affiliation:
Institute of Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
*
Institute of Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

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Multiple birth rates in entire Japan were analyzed using vital statistics for 1951 to 1988. The triplet rate was nearly constant from 1951 to 1974, where the rate per million births was 58, then increased with the year up to 1982 (104), and decreased up to 1984, and suddenly increased thereafter (109 in 1987). The average rate of quadruplets per million births from 1951 to 1968 was 0.93, then increased with the year up to 1975 (7.5), and decreased until 1984 and suddenly increased thereafter (10.6 in 1987). The rate of quintuplets was 0.77 per million births during the period from 1975 to 1987. The higher multiple birth rate since 1975 was attributed to the higher proportion of mothers treated with ovulation-inducing hormones in Japan. Since 1985, higher multiple birth rates might be partially attributed to in vitro fertilization. The stillbirth rates for male triplets gradually decreased from 1960 to 1978 and thereafter remained constant at a little higher level except in 1988, whereas the rates for females gradually decreased with the year. The overall stillbirth rates decreased to 1/4 for triplets and to 1/5 for quadruplets during the 37-year period from 1951. The overall stillbirth rate of quintuplets was 0.60 (51/85) during the period 1975-1987.

Keywords

TripletsQuadrupletsQuintupletsStillbirth ratesMaternal age
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 295 - 306
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1990

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