Table 1.
Incidence of Down syndrome by year of birth
| Year of birth | Number of births registered in Scotland (all people) | Down syndrome |
| n | n (%) | |
| 1990 | 65 973 | 60 (0.09) |
| 1991 | 67 024 | 66 (0.10) |
| 1992 | 65 789 | 38 (0.06) |
| 1993 | 63 337 | 35 (0.06) |
| 1994 | 61 656 | 43 (0.07) |
| 1995 | 60 051 | 46 (0.08) |
| 1996 | 59 296 | 40 (0.07) |
| 1997 | 59 440 | 72 (0.12) |
| 1998 | 57 319 | 54 (0.09) |
| 1999 | 55 147 | 52 (0.09) |
| 2000 | 53 076 | 60 (0.11) |
| 2001 | 52 527 | 61 (0.12) |
| 2002 | 51 270 | 44 (0.09) |
| 2003 | 52 432 | 58 (0.11) |
| 2004 | 53 957 | 79 (0.15) |
| 2005 | 54 386 | 63 (0.12) |
| 2006 | 55 690 | 44 (0.08) |
| 2007 | 57 781 | 70 (0.12) |
| 2008 | 60 041 | 63 (0.10) |
| 2009 | 59 046 | 73 (0.12) |
| 2010 | 58 791 | 59 (0.10) |
| 2011 | 58 590 | 63 (0.11) |
| 2012 | 58 027 | 59 (0.10) |
| 2013 | 56 014 | 58 (0.10) |
| 2014 | 56 725 | 62 (0.11) |
| 2015 | 55 098 | 57 (0.11)* |
| Total | 1 508 483 | 1479 (0.10) |
*In 2015, the Down syndrome total is for 11 months only, so the % in 2015 is adjusted to 11/12 months in the general population.