- In 2013, the overall percentage (prevalence rate) of people with a disability of all ages in the US was 12.6 percent.
Source: http://www.disabilitystatistics.org/StatusReports/2013-PDF/2013-StatusReport_US.pdf - Each year, about 6,000 babies born in the United States have Down syndrome.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/downsyndrome.html - A more targeted 2012 review of just United States data and termination rates following a prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome estimates termination rates from 1995 – 2011 were about 67%.
Source: http://www.globaldownsyndrome.org/about-down-syndrome/facts-about-down-syndrome/
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