Increasing cases of autism among Hispanic children, according to a report
Atlanta, 29 mar (EFE).-one of every 88 children in United States has been diagnosed with autism before age eight and Hispanics are among those who have experienced a greater increase in the number of cases, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention’s (CDC) given released today. “Part of this increase is because they are identifying and diagnosing more cases in our communities, although the amount that is attributable to these factors is unclear,” said Coleen Boyle, Director of the national centre of defects of births and disabilities of the CDC during a press conference. According to the report, he analyzed data from the 2008 in 14 States, the new figure represents an increase of 23 percent from the last report which was carried out in 2009 and 73 per cent in comparison with the first conducted in 2007. The number of children diagnosed with autism in Alabama 1 of 47 in Utah ranged from one of 210, reveals the report called the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders – Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2008. In total, analysed information from the States of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wisconsin. The report also found that upheaval in the spectrum of autism (ASD) are five times more common in boys...
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