Re: Risk Factors for Down Syndrome Baby
Posted by:
dontwanttoknow
()
Date: September 04, 2008 04:00PM
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)."