Prediction of the number of Down's syndrome infants to be born in England and Wales up to the year 2000 and their likely survival rates
| Autor: | E. Alberman, A. Nicholson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Grande bretagne medicine.medical_specialty Down syndrome Total fertility rate Population Prenatal diagnosis Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Pregnancy Risk Factors Prenatal Diagnosis Epidemiology medicine Humans education education.field_of_study Wales S syndrome business.industry Incidence Rehabilitation Infant Newborn Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Rate Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies England Neurology Abortion Legal Female Neurology (clinical) Down Syndrome business Live birth Forecasting Maternal Age Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 36:505-517 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2788 0964-2633 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1992.tb00569.x |
| Popis: | Using current demographic projection of maternal age-structure, age-specific fertility rates, and the availability, detection and utilization rates of prenatal diagnosis and subsequent termination rates, predictions are made of the likely numbers of births witb Down's syndrome (DS) in England and Wales to be expected up to the year 2000. Further predictions are made of age-specific prevalence of the condition bearing in mind recent trends in stirvival. These figures show that, despite current screening policies based on maternal age alone, the observed live birth prevalence of DS will rise to levels higher tban bave been seen for 20 years. Together with consistently increased survival, this will mean that, throughout the next century, tbe population prevalence of DS will be higher than ever before. Work based in other countries has reached similar conclusions. As the prevention of all birtbs affected by DS is not possible in the forseeable future, and some would argue that it is not desirable, society will need to provide for those affected. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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