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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 1669-1685Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2696-6
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorders; Epidemiology; Screening; Prevalence; Cultural
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- Autism Speaks [6424]
- Canada Research Chair in Child Psychiatry
- Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) through National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [UL1TR000128]
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There are no epidemiological data on autism for Mexico. This study was conducted to generate a first estimate of ASD prevalence in Mexico. We surveyed children age eight in Leon (Guanajuato). The sample was stratified in two strata: (1) children having special education and medical records (SEMR; N = 432) and (2) children attending regular schools (GSS; N = 11,684). GSS children were screened with the SRS and those with the highest scores were invited to a diagnostic evaluation. The final sample comprised 36 children (80.6 % male) who had confirmed ASD. A third had intellectual disability, 25 % were non-verbal, 69 % had co-occurring behavioral problems. The prevalence overall was 0.87 % (95 % CI 0.62, 1.1 %). This survey provides an estimate for ASD prevalence in Mexico that is consistent with recent studies.
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