Aberdeen City

Population size is 222,793

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  2. Autism

Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

629

aged 0-15 yrs


636

aged 16-64 yrs


28

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of Aberdeen City, 0.6% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 2.0%. 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

465

very good


494

good


231

fair


68

bad


35

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

495

rented from council/housing association


518

private ownership


143

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

186

long term sick or disabled


164

in paid employment


164

students


70

unemployed


28

retired


52

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

93%

were born in the UK


84.4%

are white and Scottish


89.1%

speak only English at home


Summary information

1,293 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people


  • 109 girls and 520 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 3.14% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 71 girls and 300 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.4% of all girls and 1.7% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 629 children and 664 adults are known to have autism


  • 253 females and 1,040 males are known to have autism


  • 36.0% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 54.3% of all people; 2.7% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 0.9% of all people


  • 24.7% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 63.4% of all adults; 10.5% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 4.2% of all adults



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