CDC: Autism rates in U.S. children increased 30%


CNN: One in 68 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder.

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CNN: One in 68 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder.

This newest estimate is based on the CDC’s evaluation of health and educational records of all 8-year-old children in 11 states: Alabama, Wisconsin, Colorado, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas, Arizona, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and New Jersey.

Children with autism continue to be overwhelmingly male. According to the new report, the CDC estimates 1 in 42 boys has autism, 4.5 times as many as girls (1 in 189).

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