In the whole population of Grampian, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.9%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.
Grampian
Population size is 569,061
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Summary information
3,442 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people
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331 girls and 1,538 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 3.1% of all boys aged 0-15
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184 girls and 729 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 2% of all boys aged 16-24
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1,869 children and 1,573 adults are known to have autism
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694 females and 2,748 males are known to have autism
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40.8% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 54.7% of all people; 2.2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 0.8% of all people
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32.7% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 17.5% of all people
Did you know
95.7%
of people known to have autism in Grampian were born in the UK
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90.4%
of people known to have autism in Grampian speak only English at home
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