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Epidemiologic study of Down syndrome in a racially diverse California population, 1989-1991.

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:The prevalence of Down syndrome was studied among all live births occurring between 1989 and 1991 in the California counties monitored by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program. Objectives of this study were: 1) to calculate adjusted prevalence rates and quinquennial maternal age-specific risk rates of Down syndrome after adjusting for elective abortion of prenatally diagnosed fetuses; 2) to estimate the impact of prenatal diagnosis and subsequent elective abortion of affected fetuses on the observed prevalence of Down syndrome; and 3) to examine sex ratios among liveborn infants and fetuses with Down syndrome. The racial/ethnic diversity and large size of the population allowed the data to be stratified into five racial categories-Hispanics, whites, Asians, blacks, and others. For the period 1989-1991, the observed prevalence of Down syndrome was 1.13 per 1,000 live births, and the adjusted total prevalence, which took into account the termination of affected pregnancies following prenatal diagnosis, was 1.53 per 1,000 live births. In a comparison of quinquennial maternal age-specific risk rates of Down syndrome by race, Hispanics and whites were the only groups with rates that differed significantly from each other, with Hispanics exhibiting higher rates at maternal ages under 40 years. The overall reduction in live births with Down syndrome in 1989-1991 that could be attributed to prenatal diagnosis and elective abortion of affected fetuses was 25.8%, with a 49.1% reduction being observed at maternal ages > or = 35 years. In 1990-1991, Hispanics had the lowest overall reduction (10.0%), while whites had the highest reduction (46.3%). The male: female ratios among liveborns with Down syndrome were significantly higher than those among all live births, and race had a significant association with sex ratios in both cases and controls. These findings indicate that prenatal diagnosis and elective termination of affected pregnancies has had a substantial impact in reducing the number of liveborns with Down syndrome in the monitored California counties. The effect was greatest for whites and least for Hispanics, with results indicating considerable variation in the use of prenatal diagnostic services among racial/ethnic groups. Estimates of adjusted total prevalence and reduction in live births with Down syndrome in this study should be considered minimal because of some underascertainment of prenatally diagnosed cases.

journal_name

Am J Epidemiol

journal_title

American journal of epidemiology

authors

Bishop J,Huether CA,Torfs C,Lorey F,Deddens J

doi

10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009084

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-01-15 00:00:00

pages

134-47

issue

eissn

0002-9262

issn

1476-6256

journal_volume

145

pub_type

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Epidemiologic study of Down syndrome in a racially diverse California population, 1989-1991.