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Low but Increasing Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a French Area from Register-Based Data
- Source :
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . Oct 2015 45(10):3255-3261. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Register-based prevalence rates of childhood autism (CA), Asperger's syndrome (AS) and other autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were calculated among children aged 7 years old of the 1997-2003 birth cohorts, living in four counties in France. The proportion of children presenting comorbidities was reported. 1123 children with ASD were recorded (M/F ratio: 4.1), representing an overall prevalence rate of 36.5/10,000 children (95% CI 34.4-38.7): 8.8/10,000 for CA (95% CI 7.8-9.9), 1.7/10,000 for AS (95 % CI 1.3-2.3) and 25.9/10,000 for other ASD (95% CI 24.2-27.8). ASD prevalence significantly increased (p < 0.0001) during the period under study. The proportion of children with an intellectual disability was 47.3 %, all other comorbidities were present in less than 5% of the cases.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0162-3257
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1074350
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2486-6