The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report that determined that 1 in 110 eight year olds had autism in 2006 in the U.S., an increase of 57% from previously determined. Data collected in 2002 found that 1 in 150 eight year old children were diagnosed with autism. The prevalence of autism is still much higher in boys than in girls, with 1 in 70 boys and only 1 in 315 girls being diagnosed.
For the study, the CDC looked at physician and school records of children with autism from 11 sites included in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Each site was in a different state, with 10 of the 11 sites having been used for the data collected by the CDC in 2002. The data collected in 2006 was then compared with that from 2002, finding a 57% increase in the prevalence of autism. Of the 10 sites represented in both reports, 9 had an increase in the number of children with autism.
Although some experts believe that overdiagnosis of autism is taking place throughout the country, this increase is still very significant. If your child’s autism may have been caused by obstetrical negligence during pregnancy, labor and delivery, please call or e-mail us today. One of our experienced birth injury attorneys will evaluate your case for free. We have helped clients with Bronx birth injury, Brooklyn birth injury, Queens birth injury and Long Island birth injury cases.
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