I have a friend whom as a little girl with Down syndrome so I would like to do my report on Down Syndrome. I’m doing this to educate myself on this medical problem she has.Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder that includes a combination of birth defects including some degree of mental retardation, characteristic facial features and often, heart defects, visual and hearing impairment and other health problems. The severity of all these …showed first 75 words of 1033 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1033 total…have a baby with Down Syndrome, mothers or fathers who have a rearrangement involving chromosome 21, and mothers over 35 years of age are at greatest risk. The risk of Down Syndrome increases with age, from about 1 in 1,250 for women at age 25, to 1 in 1,000 at age 30, I in 400 at age 35 and 1 in 100 at age 40. 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.