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What is the prevalence of Edwards syndrome?
How many people does Edwards syndrome affect? Does it have the same prevalence in men and women? And in the different countries?
Edwards syndrome occurs in about one in 5,000 live births, but more conceptions are affected by the syndrome because the majority of those diagnosed with the condition prenatally will not survive to birth. Although women in their 20s and early 30s may conceive babies with Edwards syndrome, the risk of conceiving a child with it increases with a woman's age. The average maternal age for conceiving a child with this disorder is 32½.
Posted Feb 18, 2018 by Federica 3600
