Last year, one county reported that among 3000 Caucasian women (group 1) who had babies, 95 had multiples (twins, triplets, etc.). The report also stated that there were 20 multiple births to 600 African American women (group 2). Does this indicate a racial difference in the likelihood of multiple births

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18 June, 01:04

Last year, one county reported that among 3000 Caucasian women (group 1) who had babies, 95 had multiples (twins, triplets, etc.). The report also stated that there were 20 multiple births to 600 African American women (group 2). Does this indicate a racial difference in the likelihood of multiple births

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No

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According to the statistics, the chances that a Caucasian women will have multiples are 3.17%, while an African American women has chances of 3.33%. The chances of the women from this two different racial groups having multiples are very similar, almost identical, so it can not be said that the race is a detrimental factor in having multiples or not. The multiples have been noticed to be in much higher percentages, but that has been the case in only certain regions, so it is not based on race, but more of a regional gene pool that has those traits. Such example is Nigeria, where there is high percentage of multiples, but the people of the same race surrounding Nigeria have much lower percentages of multiples.