Journal article
Trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability, and vision impairment, metropolitan atlanta, 1991-2010
PloS one, v 10(4), pp e0124120-e0124120
29 Apr 2015
PMID: 25923140
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Abstract
This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy (CP), hearing loss (HL), intellectual disability (ID), and vision impairment (VI) over a 15-20 year time period, with specific focus on concurrent changes in ASD and ID prevalence. We used data from a population-based developmental disabilities surveillance program for 8-year-olds in metropolitan Atlanta. From 1991-2010, prevalence estimates of ID and HL were stable with slight increases in VI prevalence. CP prevalence was constant from 1993-2010. The average annual increase in ASD prevalence was 9.3% per year from 1996-2010, with a 269% increase from 4.2 per 1,000 in 1996 to 15.5 per 1,000 in 2010. From 2000-2010, the prevalence of ID without ASD was stable; during the same time, the prevalence of ASD with and without co-occurring ID increased by an average of 6.6% and 9.6% per year, respectively. ASD prevalence increases were found among both males and females, and among nearly all racial/ethnic subgroups and levels of intellectual ability. Average annual prevalence estimates from 1991-2010 underscore the significant community resources needed to provide early intervention and ongoing supports for children with ID (13.0 per 1,000), CP, (3.5 per 1,000), HL (1.4 per 1,000) and VI (1.3 in 1,000), with a growing urgency for children with ASD.
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- Title
- Trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability, and vision impairment, metropolitan atlanta, 1991-2010
- Creators
- Kim Van Naarden Braun - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesDeborah Christensen - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesNancy Doernberg - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesLaura Schieve - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesCatherine Rice - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesLisa Wiggins - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesDiana Schendel - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMarshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Publication Details
- PloS one, v 10(4), pp e0124120-e0124120
- Publisher
- Public LIbrary of Science (PLOS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000353711600071
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84928796629
- Other Identifier
- 991021463712504721
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