Since 2000, the CDC has
based its autism estimates on surveillance reports from its Autism and
Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Every two years,
researchers count how many 8-year-olds have autism in about a dozen
communities across the nation. (The number of sites ranges from six to
14 over the years, depending on the available funding in a given year.)
Thursday, March 29, 2012
CDC Ups Autism Data to 1 in 88 Children
The number of children with autism in the United States continues to
rise, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. The latest data estimate that 1 in 88 American children has some form of autism spectrum disorder. That's a
78% increase compared to a decade ago, according to the report.
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