Statistics Norway

Births

2   Confinements of single and multiple births, by sex1. 1991-2006
Sex of children 1991-1995 1996-2000 2001-2005 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Confinements, total 259 589   358 761   655 598   459 041   557 644   458 463   458 393   455 882   54 557   55 587   556 087   455 875   57 713
                           
Single births 58 745 57 780 54 546 58 081 56 716 57 410 57 344 54 847 53 498 54 521 55 030 54 833 56 690
1 boy 30 244 29 712 27 969 29 872 29 034 29 530 29 449 28 118 27 329 28 058 28 234 28 104 29 037
1 girl 28 501 28 068 26 577 28 209 27 682 27 880 27 895 26 729 26 169 26 463 26 796 26 729 27 653
Twin births  821  957 1 034  931  903 1 031 1 033 1 016 1 044 1 048 1 042 1 022 1 013
2 boys  288  322  331  310  306  330  353  334  351  325  326  321  332
1 boy and 1 girl  274  334  376  321  321  366  362  346  367  387  398  384  379
2 girls  258  301  327  300  276  335  318  336  326  336  318  317  302
Triple births 22 23 17 28 23 21 15 18 15 18 13 19 10
3 boys 3 6 3 9 5 7 6 1 5 5 2 3 2
2 boys and 1 girl 7 7 6 8 8 3 3 7 6 5 5 6 4
1 boy and 2 girls 8 6 4 9 4 5 4 5 1 3 5 6 4
3 girls 4 4 4 2 6 6 2 5 3 5 1 4 0
1  The number of confinements includes both live births and late foetal deaths.
2  Including 8 quadruple births in the five-year period.
3  Including 5 quadruple births in the five-year period.
4  Including 1 quadruple birth.
5  Including 2 quadruple births.
6  Including 4 quadruple births in five-year period.

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