What are the risk factors for a 44 year old woman that she will have a Down syndrome baby?

I found my answer in a Red Cross item:

"Does the risk of Down syndrome increase with the mother's age? Yes. The risk of Down syndrome increases from about 1 in 1,250 at age 25, to 1 in 1,000 at age 30, 1 in 400 at age 35, 1 in 100 at age 40 and 1 in 30 at age 45 (6). Women over age 35 have been traditionally considered most likely to have a baby with Down syndrome. However, about 80 percent of babies with Down syndrome are born to women who are under age 35, as younger women have far more babies (2)."

hows about when the camera panned over to the daughter holding that little down-baby lassed night and she was lickin her hand and touching the baby like some sorta primate or something? yall catch that? lol imo...

doesn't incest also increase the chance?


Jimmy Wrote:
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> I found my answer in a Red Cross item:
>
> "Does the risk of Down syndrome increase with the
> mother's age? Yes. The risk of Down syndrome
> increases from about 1 in 1,250 at age 25, to 1 in
> 1,000 at age 30, 1 in 400 at age 35, 1 in 100 at
> age 40 and 1 in 30 at age 45 (6). Women over age
> 35 have been traditionally considered most likely
> to have a baby with Down syndrome. However, about
> 80 percent of babies with Down syndrome are born
> to women who are under age 35, as younger women
> have far more babies (2)."