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.
Researchers looked at the U.S. rate of birth defects from 1999-2001. Here's the list of the six major types of birth defects covered in the CDC's report, along with the number of babies per year born with those conditions: 1  Genetic defects (Down syndrome and other conditions): 6,916 babies per year.2  Mouth /facial defects (cleft lip and/or cleft palate): 6,776 babies per year.esearchers looked at the U.S. rate of birth defects from 1999-2001. Here's the list of the six major types of birth defects covered in the CDC's report, along with the number of babies per year born with those conditions: 1  Genetic defects (Down syndrome and other conditions): 6,916 babies per year.