Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, April 2016 / Vol. 65 / No. SS-3

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• Alternative Title:
  Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2012
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Christensen, Deborah L. ; Baio, Jon ; Braun, Kim Van Naarden ; Bilder, Deborah ; Charles, Jane ; Constantino, John N. ; Daniels, Julie ; Durkin, Maureen S. ; Fitzgerald, Robert T. ; Kurzius-Spencer, Margaret ; Lee, Li-Ching ; Pettygrove, Sydney ; Robinson, Cordelia ; Schulz, Eldon ; Wells, Chris ; Wingate, Martha S. ; Zahorodny, Walter ; Yeargin-Allsopp, Marshalyn
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders ; University of Utah, Salt Lake City ; Washington University ; University of North Carolina, Chap
• Description:
  The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network is an active Surveillance system that provides estimates of the prevalence and characteristics of ASD among children aged 8 years whose parents or guardians reside in 11 ADDM Network sites in the U.S. (Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, and Wisconsin). Surveillance to determine ASD case status is conducted in two phases. The first phase consists of screening and abstracting comprehensive evaluations performed by professional service providers in the community. Data sources identified for record review are categorized as either 1) education source type, including developmental evaluations to determine eligibility for special education services or 2) health care source type, including diagnostic and developmental evaluations. The second phase involves the review of all abstracted evaluations by trained clinicians to determine ASD Surveillance case status. A child meets the Surveillance case definition for ASD if one or more comprehensive evaluations of that child completed by a qualified professional describes behaviors that are consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision diagnostic criteria for any of the following conditions: autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder–not otherwise specified (including atypical autism), or Asperger disorder. This report provides ASD prevalence estimates for children aged 8 years living in catchment areas of the ADDM Network sites in 2012, overall and stratified by sex, race/ethnicity, and the type of source records (education and health records versus health records only). In addition, this report describes the proportion of children with ASD with a score consistent with intellectual disability on a standardized intellectual ability test, the age at which the earliest known comprehensive evaluation was performed, the proportion of children with a previous ASD Diagnosis, the specific type of ASD Diagnosis, and any special education eligibility classification.
• Subjects:
  Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Ethnic Groups Female Humans Male Population Surveillance Prevalence Sex Distribution Surveillance Summaries
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2016; v. 65, no. 3
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWRss6503a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  27031587
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7909709
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; Arizona ; Colorado ; Georgia ; Maryland ; Missouri ; New Jersey ; North Carolina ; South Carolina ; Utah ; Wisconsin
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pages
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04528f067de16640f9636f6bbd041aeaf300a9e5fb12efdac4d9768586aaa3dc2467a087ca4aa366c9f15973471d1a78793f9a38013cce6763abd76bcc01eef8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111566/cdc_111566_DS1.pdf
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