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1 Percent 8-year-olds Usa Autism - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 27th Mar, 2014 - 6:46pm
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1 Percent Of 8-year-olds In USA Have Autism
There was a 57 percent increase in the number of children identified with some form of autism since a similar study in 2002.
QUOTE Close to 1 percent or an average of 1 out of every 110 8-year-olds in the U.S. Has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday.
The results of the 2006 study, reported in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, represent a 57 percent increase in the number of children identified with some form of autism since a similar study was conducted in 2002.
It's estimated that 40,000 new cases of autism were diagnosed in this year alone. Catherine Rice, a behavioral health scientist with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, called the problem "an urgent health concern," during a CDC media briefing Friday.
Rice said the rate of increase of autism disorders in children is 4 to 5 percent higher in boys than it is in girls.
She said the CDC is currently studying risk factors both during the mother's pregnancy and the first few years of a child's life. Rice added that there are multiple causes of autism spectrum disorders and that a single cause will not be identified. She also said that some of the increase is due to better diagnosing of the disorder.
"A simple explanation is not apparant," She said. "We know that there are multiple complex genetic and environmental factors that cause autism."
The results of the 2006 study, reported in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, represent a 57 percent increase in the number of children identified with some form of autism since a similar study was conducted in 2002.
It's estimated that 40,000 new cases of autism were diagnosed in this year alone. Catherine Rice, a behavioral health scientist with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, called the problem "an urgent health concern," during a CDC media briefing Friday.
Rice said the rate of increase of autism disorders in children is 4 to 5 percent higher in boys than it is in girls.
She said the CDC is currently studying risk factors both during the mother's pregnancy and the first few years of a child's life. Rice added that there are multiple causes of autism spectrum disorders and that a single cause will not be identified. She also said that some of the increase is due to better diagnosing of the disorder.
"A simple explanation is not apparant," She said. "We know that there are multiple complex genetic and environmental factors that cause autism."
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An estimated 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today, a 30% increase over its 2012 estimate of 1 in 88 children.
The rate works out to 14.7 children per 1,000 8-year-olds, the CDC said. The data shows that autism spectrum disorders are nearly five times more common in boys than girls, and more common in white children compared to African-American or Hispanic children.
The number of children identified as having an autism spectrum disorder ranged from 1 in 175 children in Alabama to 1 in 45 children in New Jersey.
Researchers reviewed records from community organizations that educate, diagnose, treat or provide services to children with developmental disabilities to arrive at the new estimate. Ref. CNN
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