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Reason #4: Down Syndrome is Relatively Common
Down Syndrome, which is the genetic disorder that results from holding an extra chromosome, is relatively much more common in the newborns of females that are over the ages of 40 years old.
In women that are over 40 years old, the risk of her producing offspring that has Trisomy 21 is much greater
Down Syndrome is the most common genetic disorder that is caused by abnormalities in the chromosome.
1/691 babies in the United States grow up to have the genetic disorder Down Syndrome.