Tayside

Population size is 409,709

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

1548

aged 0-15 yrs


982

aged 16-64 yrs


58

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of Tayside, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 2.2%. 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

1032

very good


901

good


483

fair


120

bad


52

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

977

rented from council/housing association


1115

private ownership


391

rented privately or living rent free


Summary information

2,588 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people


  • 320 girls and 1,228 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 1% of all girls and 3.5% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 133 girls and 459 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.8% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 1,548 children and 1,040 adults are known to have autism


  • 590 females and 1,988 males are known to have autism


  • 39.9% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 52.8% of all people; 2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.2% of all people


  • 39.4% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 20.3% of all people


Did you know

96.9%

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

Did you know

93.2%

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


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