Prevalence of Autism in Brick Township, New Jersey, 1998: Community Report

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April 2000

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary

• Background

• Methods

  • Phase 1 -- Identification of children in Brick Township with a possible ASD.

  • Phase 2 -- Clinical assessment for autism

  • Calculation of prevalence rates

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusions

• References

• Table 1:  Children Identified as Possible Case-Children by Source of Diagnostic Information and File Diagnosis

• Table 2:  Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Brick Township, NJ, by Age in 1998.

• Table 3:  Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Brick Township, NJ, by Sex.

• Table 4:  Distribution of Intellectual Quotient (IQ) Score by Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis (ASD).

• Table 5:  Number of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who have Siblings with a Developmental Disability, by Diagnosis.

• Table 6:  Summary of Epidemiologic Studies Examining the Prevalence of Autism, by Characteristics of the Studies.

• Appendix