Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children (2002–2010)

Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities

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ID11026044
AuthorsM S Durkin (0000-0002-4287-8618, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), Matthew J Maenner (0000-0002-5963-9090, Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Jon Baio (Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Deborah Christensen (Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Julie Daniels (Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Julie L Daniels (0000-0002-9658-3743, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), Robert Fitzgerald (0000-0003-1906-4939, Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Robert T Fitzgerald (0000-0002-1735-3000, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), Pamela Imm (0000-0003-2850-1758, Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Li-Ching Lee (Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Li‐Ching Lee (0000-0002-7803-6850, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), Laura A Schieve (0000-0003-1215-0682, Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Kim Van Naarden Braun (0000-0002-0722-1928, Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Martha Slay Wingate (0000-0003-2738-6137, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities), Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp (Maureen S. Durkin is with the Department of Population Health Sciences of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Matthew J. Maenner, Jon Baio, Deborah Christensen, Laura A. Schieve, Kim Van Naarden Braun, and Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Julie Daniels is with the Department of...), Marshalyn Yeargin‐Allsopp (0000-0002-9634-0338, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
Year2017
Volume107
Issue11
Pages1818-1826
Publication date2017-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2017.304032
PMID28933930
OpenAlexW2757083081
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited25

Objectives. To describe the association between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States during the period 2002 to 2010, when overall ASD prevalence among children more than doubled, and to determine whether SES disparities account for ongoing racial and ethnic disparities in ASD prevalence. Methods. We computed ASD prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from population-based surveillance, census, and survey data. We defined SES categories by using area-level education, income, and poverty indicators. We ascertained ASD in 13 396 of 1 308 641 8-year-old children under surveillance. Results. The prevalence of ASD increased with increasing SES during each surveillance year among White, Black, and Hispanic children. The prevalence difference between high- and low-SES groups was relatively constant over time (3.9/1000 [95% CI = 3.3, 4.5] in 2002 and 4.1/1000 [95% CI = 3.6, 4.6] in the period 2006–2010). Significant racial/ethnic differences in ASD prevalence remained after stratification by SES. Conclusions. A positive SES gradient in ASD prevalence according to US surveillance data prevailed between 2002 and 2010, and racial and ethnic disparities in prevalence persisted during this time among low-SES children

Autism · Autism spectrum disorder · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health equity · Population · Poverty · Psychiatry · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Demography · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine

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