Prevalence

The following statistics are found on the CDC’s Website:

It is estimated that between 1 in 100 and 1 in 300 with an average of 1 in 150 children in the United States
have an ASD. ASDs are reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, yet are four to seven times
more likely to occur in boys than in girls. However, we need more information on some less studied populations and
regions around the world. If 4 million children are born in the United States every year two decades, we can estimate
that about 560,000 individuals between the ages of 0 to 21 have an ASD.

Studies in Asia, Europe and North America have identified individuals with an ASD with an approximate prevalence
of 0.6% to over 1%. Approximately 13% of children have a developmental disability, ranging from mild disabilities such as
speech and language impairments to serious developmental disabilities, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, and
autism., approximately 26,670 children will eventually bediagnosed with an ASD. Assuming the prevalence rate has been
constant over the past.

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