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* Early onset [[Alzheimer's disease]]
People with Down Syndrome have significantly lesser rates of cancer than other people ;<ref>[http://www.downsyn.com/cancer.php]</ref>; in fact, recent studies about the correlation of Down Syndrome and cancer may even provide a cure for cancer .<ref>http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090520/full/news.2009.493.html</ref>.
The greatest risk factor in is increased maternal age, the majority of children with Down syndrome are born to mothers under the age of 35, because the vast majority of children as a whole are born to younger mothers.