Research into the incidence of Down's syndrome is conducted in the Eastern Health Board region by the Dublin EUROCAT registry, which collects congenital anomaly data, including Down's syndrome, on all births to mothers resident in counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow. Data from the register is provided to the Central Eurocat Register in Brussels, which collates congenital anomaly data on births from a range of European locations. Data from the Dublin register covering the years 1980-96 is expected to be published next June.
The incidence of Down's syndrome in the eastern region in the last five year period for which complete information is available is as follows: