Table 6. Estimation of DZ twinning rate (DZr), MZ twinning rate (MZr) and the absolute number of DZ and MZ twin pairs in LSP and CG-LSP.
LSP | CG-LSP | |||||||
1927–1958 | 1959–2008 | 1927–1958 | 1959–2008 | |||||
SS | OS | SS | OS | SS | OS | SS | OS | |
4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 51 | |
Total births | Unknown | 469 | Unknown | 5793 | ||||
DZr * | 3.8380% | 0.4833% | ||||||
Var(DZr) * | 0.0161% | 0.0002% | ||||||
MZr * | 2.9851% | 0.6387% | ||||||
Var(MZr) * | 0.0144% | 0.0002% |
SS, same sex twin pairs; OS, opposite sex twin pairs.
*estimated using data from 1959–2008 only.