CDC study reveals surge in U.S. autism rate
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The average rate of autism is 1 in 59 for children in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin, according to findings published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The researchers studied health records for 4-year-olds between 2010 and 2014 and 8-year-olds within the same time frame. They found that children with other intellectual disabilities and conditions were likely to be diagnosed with autism before age four.
Between 2010 and 2014, New Jersey saw a 43 percent spike in autism cases, the largest of any state measured in the study. In all, about 1 in 35 children in the state has autism compared to a low of 8 per 1,000 children in Missouri.
On average, the researchers say children are diagnosed with autism in 53 months, a number that hasn't changed in over a decade.
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