TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in 2001–2011
T2 - Findings from the Stockholm Youth Cohort
AU - Idring, Selma
AU - Lundberg, Michael
AU - Sturm, Harald
AU - Dalman, Christina
AU - Gumpert, Clara
AU - Rai, Dheeraj
AU - Lee, Brian K.
AU - Magnusson, Cecilia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/12/5
Y1 - 2015/12/5
N2 - In a record-linkage study in Stockholm, Sweden, the year 2011 prevalence of diagnosed autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was found to be 0.40, 1.74, 2.46, and 1.76 % among 0–5, 6–12, 13–17, and 18–27 year olds, respectively. The corresponding proportion of cases with a recorded diagnosis of intellectual disability was 17.4, 22.1, 26.1 and 29.4 %. Between 2001 and 2011, ASD prevalence increased almost 3.5 fold among children aged 2–17 years. The increase was mainly accounted for by an eightfold increase of ASD without intellectual disability (from 0.14 to 1.10 %), while the prevalence of ASD with intellectual disability increased only slightly (from 0.28 to 0.34 %). The increase in ASD prevalence is likely contributed to by extrinsic factors such as increased awareness and diagnostics.
AB - In a record-linkage study in Stockholm, Sweden, the year 2011 prevalence of diagnosed autism spectrum disorders (ASD) was found to be 0.40, 1.74, 2.46, and 1.76 % among 0–5, 6–12, 13–17, and 18–27 year olds, respectively. The corresponding proportion of cases with a recorded diagnosis of intellectual disability was 17.4, 22.1, 26.1 and 29.4 %. Between 2001 and 2011, ASD prevalence increased almost 3.5 fold among children aged 2–17 years. The increase was mainly accounted for by an eightfold increase of ASD without intellectual disability (from 0.14 to 1.10 %), while the prevalence of ASD with intellectual disability increased only slightly (from 0.28 to 0.34 %). The increase in ASD prevalence is likely contributed to by extrinsic factors such as increased awareness and diagnostics.
KW - Autism spectrum disorders
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Prevalence
KW - Stockholm
KW - Sweden
KW - Time trend
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929950101&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-014-2336-y
DO - 10.1007/s10803-014-2336-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 25475364
AN - SCOPUS:84929950101
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 45
SP - 1766
EP - 1773
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 6
ER -