National Down's (or Down*) Syndrome Awareness Month!
- People with Down's have 47 chromosomes, not 46. No one understands exactly what causes the condition, but it is known to occur at conception.
- There are approximately 400,000 people with Down's Syndrome living in the United States today.
-Although likelihood increases with maternal age (and some researchers say paternal age as well) most children with Down's Syndrome are born to women under 35.
- It is the most common genetic condition and it occurs in all races, both sexes, and throughout the world.
- People with Down's Syndrome are more like people without Down's, than unlike.
- People with Down's have 47 chromosomes, not 46. No one understands exactly what causes the condition, but it is known to occur at conception.
- There are approximately 400,000 people with Down's Syndrome living in the United States today.
-Although likelihood increases with maternal age (and some researchers say paternal age as well) most children with Down's Syndrome are born to women under 35.
- It is the most common genetic condition and it occurs in all races, both sexes, and throughout the world.
- People with Down's Syndrome are more like people without Down's, than unlike.
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