1 in 59
Autism diagnoses among 8-year-old children in the United States in 2014, the most recent year for which data are available, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.
1 in 68
Autism prevalence among 8-year-old children in the last CDC report, which was issued in 2016 and based on 2012 data. In the 2007 report, based on data from 2002, it was 1 in 150 children.
1 in 38
Autism prevalence among boys, according to the latest report. Among girls, it was 1 in 152.
7%
The difference in autism prevalence between white children (who are diagnosed at a higher rate) and black children. That is a much narrower gap than in previous years, when the gap ranged from 20 to 30 percent.
Source: Baio, J., Wiggins, L., Christensen, D.L., et al. (2018). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years—Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 sites, United States, 2014. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 67, No. 6: 1–23. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6706a1opens in new window.
