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. 2020 Apr 1;10(4):e033770. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033770

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.