Saturday, August 24, 2019

Medical Mysteries: Kodinhi, India Twins



India is known for having one of the lowest Twins rates although one village, Kodinhi, would like to say the opposite. In the village, the rates for twins are very high. For a village of around 2,000 people, there are over 200 sets of twins born here. The rate for twins is also increasing.

The average for twins birth is every 1,000 births 1 are a set of twins for most of India. But for the village, it's 45 in every 1,000 births. The numbers may even higher than what is known. This isn't even a recent thing there are twins of all ages residing in the village. Though there have been several studies done it isn't known why the birth rates for twins are so high here.

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