With new prenatal testing, will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?

Brian G Skotko

doi:10.1136/adc.2009.166017

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With new prenatal testing, will babies with Down syndrome slowly disappear?

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Jun 2009	333	0	122
Jul 2009	96	0	65
Aug 2009	63	0	33
Sep 2009	379	0	83
Oct 2009	596	122	179
Nov 2009	368	404	208
Dec 2009	126	107	60
Jan 2010	128	51	62
Feb 2010	115	36	45
Mar 2010	132	56	59
Apr 2010	98	47	34
May 2010	93	45	28
Jun 2010	66	21	16
Jul 2010	50	10	14
Aug 2010	113	17	19
Sep 2010	63	44	38
Oct 2010	92	78	49
Nov 2010	100	46	23
Dec 2010	55	32	22
Jan 2011	82	33	36
Feb 2011	81	32	43
Mar 2011	94	53	38
Apr 2011	40	78	43
May 2011	85	9	9
Jun 2011	40	8	13
Jul 2011	31	7	7
Aug 2011	47	4	12
Sep 2011	43	9	17
Oct 2011	76	8	23
Nov 2011	109	15	21
Dec 2011	78	13	13
Jan 2012	55	9	7
Feb 2012	80	7	16
Mar 2012	65	11	26
Apr 2012	90	17	26
May 2012	71	8	14
Jun 2012	50	9	12
Jul 2012	56	4	9
Aug 2012	58	5	11
Sep 2012	68	6	7
Oct 2012	74	9	10
Nov 2012	22	12	17
Dec 2012	22	5	8
Jan 2013	18	5	10
Feb 2013	21	6	10
Mar 2013	18	7	14
Apr 2013	27	7	20
May 2013	19	5	8
Jun 2013	43	2	17
Jul 2013	51	0	3
Aug 2013	26	0	8
Sep 2013	29	8	6
Oct 2013	51	6	8
Nov 2013	79	21	24
Dec 2013	59	4	14
Jan 2014	44	1	7
Feb 2014	52	14	8
Mar 2014	54	8	16
Apr 2014	73	9	18
May 2014	52	6	10
Jun 2014	43	5	10
Jul 2014	43	0	1
Aug 2014	25	1	2
Sep 2014	37	3	10
Oct 2014	46	9	6
Nov 2014	93	11	12
Dec 2014	28	7	11
Jan 2015	16	6	2
Feb 2015	36	1	7
Mar 2015	30	4	11
Apr 2015	41	15	7
May 2015	31	1	6
Jun 2015	26	3	5
Jul 2015	37	2	5
Aug 2015	31	4	3
Sep 2015	54	8	12
Oct 2015	31	4	4
Nov 2015	75	26	12
Dec 2015	73	7	5
Jan 2016	44	6	5
Feb 2016	41	2	7
Mar 2016	33	6	6
Apr 2016	69	10	6
May 2016	39	15	13
Jun 2016	30	4	8
Jul 2016	21	4	3
Aug 2016	30	12	4
Sep 2016	40	6	16
Oct 2016	80	11	18
Nov 2016	54	13	11
Dec 2016	74	10	8
Jan 2017	59	5	3
Feb 2017	54	8	29
Mar 2017	55	15	15
Apr 2017	75	32	16
May 2017	80	15	14
Jun 2017	79	4	2
Jul 2017	109	3	1
Aug 2017	120	2	2
Sep 2017	183	11	8
Oct 2017	203	11	10
Nov 2017	191	8	8
Dec 2017	149	2	4
Jan 2018	132	11	9
Feb 2018	130	16	10
Mar 2018	193	50	41
Apr 2018	174	16	10
May 2018	186	6	8
Jun 2018	119	7	2
Jul 2018	115	3	4
Aug 2018	112	3	4
Sep 2018	127	13	8
Oct 2018	155	3	10
Nov 2018	201	10	25
Dec 2018	156	7	7
Jan 2019	90	6	7
Feb 2019	117	6	12
Mar 2019	264	58	42
Apr 2019	141	8	5
May 2019	57	17	10
Jun 2019	76	8	2
Jul 2019	72	2	4
Aug 2019	41	3	2
Sep 2019	75	5	3
Oct 2019	132	1	2
Nov 2019	138	10	12
Dec 2019	146	13	22
Jan 2020	87	3	4
Feb 2020	108	15	4
Mar 2020	136	20	7
Apr 2020	91	3	1
May 2020	85	3	3
Jun 2020	74	3	2
Jul 2020	50	0	0
Aug 2020	52	4	4
Sep 2020	89	2	2
Oct 2020	120	14	6
Nov 2020	74	4	3
Dec 2020	123	9	1
Jan 2021	81	9	2
Feb 2021	64	13	8
Mar 2021	198	59	27
Apr 2021	178	14	16
May 2021	52	9	8
Jun 2021	2	2	3
Jul 2021	15	6	5
Aug 2021	6	1	2
Sep 2021	4	3	1
Oct 2021	73	10	1
Nov 2021	159	13	5
Dec 2021	160	22	7
Jan 2022	81	5	2
Feb 2022	107	19	9
Mar 2022	163	39	17
Apr 2022	187	20	8
May 2022	163	13	3
Jun 2022	98	6	3
Jul 2022	81	7	1
Aug 2022	83	5	0
Sep 2022	144	7	1
Oct 2022	149	2	2
Nov 2022	225	13	6
Dec 2022	82	6	0
Jan 2023	104	14	3
Feb 2023	84	8	4
Mar 2023	57	12	4
Apr 2023	97	4	4
May 2023	135	11	1
Jun 2023	79	3	0
Jul 2023	48	2	0
Aug 2023	27	1	1
Sep 2023	49	2	0
Oct 2023	67	4	1
Nov 2023	77	3	0
Dec 2023	132	3	2
Jan 2024	98	3	2
Feb 2024	61	3	5
Mar 2024	178	8	2
Total	16093	2674	2610

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