DEBUNKING STEREOTYPES
STEREOTYPE: Down syndrome births are by older women.
FACT: As maternal age increases above 35 years, the incidence of DS could increase. Records indicate that there are 1 in 1000 DS births at age 31,1 in 400 at age 35, and 1 in 100 at age 40.
This suggests that younger women have DS births as well as older women. Statistically, about 80% of babies with DS are born to women under age 35 years. This is because it falls within the active years for childbirths.
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