Post 54. Co-signing and being a guarantor are two different things. Every co-signer is a guarantor, but not every guarantor is a co-signer. If you pledge to repay a debt of another without the possibility of personal return, then you are the co-signer.
About 6,000 babies with Down syndrome are born in the United States every year, and the national population of people with DS is estimated to be 400,000. Babies with DS and typically developing infants are more alike than they are different.
Although women older than 35 years of age make up less than 15% of all births in the United States each year, about 40% of babies with Down syndrome are born to women in this age group. This likelihood increases as age increases. Following are the rates of Down syndrome for select ages: