How many adults have autism in the UK?
The results: an estimated weighted prevalence of 9.8 per 1000 (approaching 1% of the population) in people 16 years+ living in the UK. This figure is fairly close to the contemporary estimates for autism prevalence in children. There was also a significant difference between estimated prevalence rates in men (18.2 per 1000) and women (2 per 1000) which potentially ties into the debate on underdiagnosis in females.
I am sure this will generate quite a lot of discussion on issues like the under-diagnosis of autism in adults and notions of an increasing prevalence of autism spectrum conditions. I will perhaps go into the findings in greater detail in future posts.
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