Twin pregnancy in Lusaka

Cases of twin pregnancy attending the University Teaching Hospital (U.T.H.), Lusaka, are analysed. The incidence was one case per 62.8 hospital deliveries. The main problem encountered was low birth weight, which was present in 63% of cases. Fifty eight percent of the infants were breech deliveries. Medical staff were involved in only 37% of the (total) twin deliveries. The perinatal mortality was high at 63 per 1,000 live and still births.