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what is Down Syndrome?

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Facts About Down Syndrome

Down syndrome occurs when some or all of a person’s cells have an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21.

Down syndrome is a genetic condition, not a disease

Down syndrome is named after the British physician John Langdon Down, who classified the chromosomal abnormality in 1862.

One in every 691 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome. Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal condition.

There are more than 400,000 people living with Down syndrome in the United States.

Down syndrome occurs in people of all races and economic levels.

The incidence of births of children with Down syndrome increases with the age of the mother. But due to higher fertility rates in younger women, 80% of children with Down syndrome are born to women under 35 years of age.

Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically in recent decades – from 25 in 1983 to 60 today.

People with Down syndrome attend school, work, participate in decisions that affect them, and contribute to society in many wonderful ways.

What is Down syndrome (trisomy 21)? Down syndrome is a set of symptoms that arise from a genetic abnormality, in which an individuals cells have an extra copy of chromosome 21.

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