Increasing autism prevalence in metropolitan New Jersey

Abstract

High baseline autism spectrum disorder prevalence estimates in New Jersey led to a follow-up surveillance. The objectives were to determine autism spectrum disorder prevalence in the year 2006 in New Jersey and to identify changes in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder or in the characteristics of the children with autism spectrum disorder, between 2002 and 2006. The cohorts included 30,570 children, born in 1998 and 28,936 children, born in 1994, residing in Hudson, Union, and Ocean counties, New Jersey. Point prevalence estimates by sex, ethnicity, autism spectrum disorder subtype, and previous autism spectrum disorder diagnosis were determined. For 2006, a total of 533 children with autism spectrum disorder were identified, consistent with prevalence of 17.4 per 1000 (95% confidence interval = 15.9-18.9), indicating a significant increase in the autism spectrum disorder prevalence (p < 0.001), between 2002 (10.6 per 1000) and 2006. The rise in autism spectrum disorder was broad, affecting major demographic groups and subtypes. Boys with autism spectrum disorder outnumbered girls by nearly 5:1. Autism spectrum disorder prevalence was higher among White children than children of other ethnicities. Additional studies are needed to specify the influence of better awareness of autism spectrum disorder prevalence estimates and to identify possible autism spectrum disorder risk factors. More resources are necessary to address the needs of individuals affected by autism spectrum disorder.

California Autism Prevalence Trends from 1931 to 2014 and Comparison to National ASD Data from IDEA and ADDM

“…The ADDM network states with the most consistent access to information from multiple (health and education) sources show the most strongly increasing ASD trends. Metropolitan New Jersey, for example, has been the leading indicator of autism prevalence in the ADDM network across the decade, with the most recent prevalence estimate showing ASD prevalence as high as 2.5% among 8 year-olds of the 2004 birth cohort (Zahorodny et al 2014; CDC 2016). …”

Prenatal ultrasound and childhood autism: long-term follow-up after a randomized controlled trial of first-vssecond-trimester ultrasound

“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with mainly genetic origin, but also with acquired prenatal causes: infections, toxins and other as yet unknown etiologies. Reported registered prevalence rates are increasing, but it seems that much of the increase reflects better awareness of the disorder and sometimes a tendency to ‘over‐diagnosis’ rather than a true rise in prevalence.…”

Tamizaje del Síndrome de Asperger en estudiantes de dos ciudades de Colombia a través de las escalas CAST y ASSQ/ Childhood Asperger syndrome test in Colombian school children through cast questionnaire and ASSQ TESTS

“…Ello muestra que posiblemente esta condición es más frecuente de lo esperado y supera los hallazgos reportados en países como Suecia (Ehlers & Gillberg, 1993;Kadesjö, Gillberg, & Hagberg, 1999); Inglaterra (Powell et al, 2000;E. Williams, Thomas, Sidebotham, & Emond, 2008); Estados Unidos (Pedersen et al, 2012;Zahorodny et al, 2014) o España (Fortea, Escandell, & Sánchez, 2013;Morales, Domènech, Jané, & Canals, 2013). Ante esto, se genera tAmizAJe del síndrome de Asperger en estudiAntes de dos ciudAdes de colombiA A trAvés de lAs escAlAs cAst y Assq la incertidumbre sobre las manifestaciones encubiertas de niños y adolescentes en etapa escolar, quienes no son identificados ni por los sistemas de salud ni por el personal de las instituciones educativas o por sus cuidadores, y deben sobrellevar a su manera las consecuencias directas que generan las manifestaciones del SA en el orden social (Lázaro, 2013), comunicativo (Saalasti et al, 2008) Más específicamente, en esta investigación se encontró un predominio del SA en el género masculino, principalmente en la escala ASSQ (12,5 % IC 95% 5.3 a 19,6) comparado con el femenino (4,4 % IC 95% 0.0 a 10.1), lo que va en la misma dirección de hallazgos reportados en otras investigaciones (Oliveira et al, 2007;Sun et al, 2014;E.…”