Low but Increasing Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a French Area from Register-Based Data
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Register-based prevalence rates of childhood autism (CA), Asperger's syndrome (AS) and other autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were calculated among children aged 7 years old of the 1997-2003 birth cohorts, living in four counties in France. The proportion of children presenting comorbidities was reported. 1123 children with ASD were recorded (M/F ratio: 4.1), representing an overall prevalence rate of 36.5/10,000 children (95 % CI 34.4-38.7): 8.8/10,000 for CA (95 % CI 7.8-9.9), 1.7/10,000 for AS (95 % CI 1.3-2.3) and 25.9/10,000 for other ASD (95 % CI 24.2-27.8). ASD prevalence significantly increased (p < 0.0001) during the period under study. The proportion of children with an intellectual disability was 47.3 %, all other comorbidities were present in less than 5 % of the cases.
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Cohort effects have been observed in France, where ASD prevalence was higher among children born in 2003 relative to those born in 1997.
“Cohort effects have also been observed in France where prevalence was higher among children born in 2003 relative to those born in 1997 (van Bakel et al., 2015).”
From Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update (2022) · cites this paper as van Bakel et al., 2015
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- Authors
- van Bakel, M. M. E., Delobel-Ayoub, M., Cans, C., Assouline, B., Jouk, P.-S., Raynaud, J.-P., & Arnaud, C.
- Affiliations
- Université Joseph Fourier (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Venue
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Published
- 2015-06-06
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3255-3261
- ISSN
- 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3432
- OpenAlex
- W646553158
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 3.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, childhood autism, Asperger syndrome, prevalence, temporal trends, comorbidities, intellectual disability, birth cohort, France
- MeSH terms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, France, Humans, Male, Registries, Prevalence
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