Highland

Population size is 320,298

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

1175

aged 0-15 yrs


874

aged 16-64 yrs


44

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of Highland, 0.7% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 2.1%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.

Health

People who are known to have autism rate their health as

880

very good


682

good


366

fair


114

bad


51

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

726

rented from council/housing association


1047

private ownership


263

rented privately or living rent free


Summary information

2,093 people are known to have autism; that's 0.7% of people


  • 254 girls and 921 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 3.2% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 122 girls and 375 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 2.3% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 1,175 children and 918 adults are known to haveĀ autism


  • 515 females and 1,578 males are known to have autism


  • 42% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 53.4% of all people; 2.4% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1% of all people


  • 35.7% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 17.4% of all people


Did you know

96.2%

of people known to have autism in Highland were born in the UK

Did you know

92.3%

of people known to have autism in Highland speak only English at home


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