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.
Highland
Population size is 320,298
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Summary information
2,093 people are known to have autism; that's 0.7% of people
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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
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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
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1,175 children and 918 adults are known to have autism
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515 females and 1,578 males are known to have autism
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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
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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
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92.3%
of people known to have autism in Highland speak only English at home
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