Number of triplet births in the U.S.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, there were 132,535 live multiple births in the U.S. in 2002. Out of that number, only 6,898 were triplets. That's only 5.2% of multiple births that resulted in triplets.

The total number of births in the U.S. for 2002 was 4,021,726. Triplets only accounted for 0.17% of that total.