East Ayrshire

Population size is 122,676

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Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

327

aged 0-15 yrs


276

aged 16-64 yrs


10

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of East Ayrshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.5%. 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

210

very good


231

good


113

fair


43

bad


16

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

182

rented from council/housing association


289

private ownership


72

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

66

long term sick or disabled


47

in paid employment


124

students


24

unemployed


8

retired


17

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

98.9%

were born in the UK


89.9%

are white and Scottish


91.1%

speak only English at home


Summary information

613 people are known to have autism; that's 0.5% of people


  • 79 girls and 248 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.2% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 34 girls and 169 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 2.4% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 327 children and 286 adults are known to have autism


  • 137 females and 476 males are known to have autism


  • 3% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 49.8% of all people; 6% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.6% of all people


  • 4% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 55.1% of all adults; 4% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 6.1% of all adults



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