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Trends in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability, and vision impairment, metropolitan atlanta, 1991-2010

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Van Naarden Braun, Kim, Christensen, Deborah, Doernberg, Nancy, Schieve, Laura, Rice, Catherine, Wiggins, Lisa, Schendel, Diana, Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn·2015·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0124120PMC PMC4414511
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This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy (CP), hearing loss (HL), intellectual disability (ID), and vision impairment (VI) over a 15-20 year time period, with specific focus on concurrent changes in ASD and ID prevalence. We used data from a population-based developmental disabilities surveillance program for 8-year-olds in metropolitan Atlanta. From 1991-2010, prevalence estimates of ID and HL were stable with slight increases in VI prevalence. CP prevalence was constant from 1993-2010. The average annual increase in ASD prevalence was 9.3% per year from 1996-2010, with a 269% increase from 4.2 per 1,000 in 1996 to 15.5 per 1,000 in 2010. From 2000-2010, the prevalence of ID without ASD was stable; during the same time, the prevalence of ASD with and without co-occurring ID increased by an average of 6.6% and 9.6% per year, respectively. ASD prevalence increases were found among both males and females, and among nearly all racial/ethnic subgroups and levels of intellectual ability. Average annual prevalence estimates from 1991-2010 underscore the significant community resources needed to provide early intervention and ongoing supports for children with ID (13.0 per 1,000), CP, (3.5 per 1,000), HL (1.4 per 1,000) and VI (1.3 in 1,000), with a growing urgency for children with ASD.

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  • If loss of function of a particular gene conferred risk that was purely specific to ASD, the mean IQ associated with de novo pathogenic variants in that gene would not be significantly different from the population mean (100), or at least from the familial background mean, and the expected rate of ID would be no different from the ID rate in the general population (~1.0%-1.3%).

    “If loss of function of a particular gene conferred risk that was purely specific to ASD, the mean IQ associated with de novo pathogenic variants in that gene would not be significantly different from the population mean (100), or at least from the familial background mean, and the expected rate of ID would be no different from the ID rate in the general population (∼1.0%–1.3%).26,27”

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  1. [4]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Workshop on U.S. Data to Evaluate Changes in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). February 1, 2011. http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/autism/documents/EvaluatingChanges_WorkshopSummary.pdf

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Authors
Van Naarden Braun, K., Christensen, D., Doernberg, N., Schieve, L., Rice, C., Wiggins, L., Schendel, D., & Yeargin-Allsopp, M.
Affiliations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
ORCID
Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2015-04-29
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
e0124120
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0124120
PMC
PMC4414511
OpenAlex
W2070233808
Cited by
292
References
43
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2026: 6 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 5
FWCI
18.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Lundbeckfonden (R155-2014-1724)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family and Disability Support Research
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, intellectual disability, visual impairment, temporal trends, racial and ethnic disparities, sex differences, early intervention, Atlanta
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Demography, Ethnicity, Female, Georgia, Humans, Male, Intellectual Disability, Population Surveillance, Sex Factors, Vision Disorders, Prevalence, Hearing Loss

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