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Autism Epidemic Statistics
Since 1998, VAP founder Ray Gallup has researched and tracked the dramatic autism epidemic statistics.
US: 1 in 67 children has Autism
[source]
US: 1 in 6 children suffers a developmental disorder
New Jersey: 1 in 94 has Autism
[source]
84% of children receiving EI services are born in New Jersey
[source]
UK: 1 in 86 has Autism
[source]
It costs $3.2 million to take care of an autistic person over his or her lifetime. Caring for all people with autism over their lifetimes costs an estimated $35 billion per year [source]
The Autism Epidemic Continues
2006/2007
Figures from NJ, MN and OR
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Autism/ASD increase over the
last 15 years in U.S. schools Age 6-21
(source: U.S. Department of Education)
YEARLY increase in children 6 to
21 attending school in the 50 States and the District of
Columbia
The US Department of Education Annual Reports to Congress
2006/2007
http://www.ideadata.org/tables30th/ar_1-2.xls Age 3-5
http://www.ideadata.org/tables30th/ar_1-3.xls
Age 6-21
2005/2006
https://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_1-2.htm Age 3-5
https://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_1-3.htm
Age 6-21
2004/2005
http://www.ideadata.org/tables28th/ar_1-2.htm Age 3-5http://www.ideadata.org/tables28th/ar_1-3.htm Age 6-21
2003/2004
http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa2.htm Age 3-5
http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa3.htm Age 6-21
2002/2003
http://www.ideadata.org/tables26th/ar_aa2.htm Age 3-5
http://www.ideadata.org/tables26th/ar_aa3.htm Age 6-21
2001/2002
http://www.ideadata.org/tables25th/ar_aa2.htm Age 3-5
http://www.ideadata.org/tables25th/ar_aa3.htm Age 6-21
2000/2001
http://www.ideadata.org/tables24th/ar_aa2.htm Age 3-5
http://www.ideadata.org/tables24th/ar_aa3.htm Age 6-21
Yearly increase in the number of children with autism age 6-21 in US Schools Since DSM IV (1994 to present)
|
School Year |
Students |
Increase |
|
1994-95 |
22,780 |
|
|
1995-96 |
28,813 |
6,033 |
|
1996-97 |
34,082 |
5,269 |
|
1997-98 |
42,487 |
8,405 |
|
1998-99 |
53,561 |
11,074 |
|
1999-00 |
65,391 |
11,830 |
|
2000-01 |
78,717 |
13,326 |
|
2001-02 |
97,847 |
19,130 |
|
2002-03 |
118,603 |
20,756 |
|
2003-04 |
140,920 |
22,317 |
| 2004-05 | 166,302 | 25,382 |
| 2005-06 | 193,481 | 27,179 |
| 2006-07 | 224,415 | 30,934 |
Increase in the number of children with autism Age 3-5
(2000 to present)
|
School Year |
Students |
Increase |
|
2000-01 |
15,581 |
|
|
2001-02 |
17,032 |
1,451 |
|
2002-03 |
19,017 |
1,985 |
|
2003-04 |
22,724 |
3,707 |
|
2004-05 |
25,902 |
3,178 |
| 2005-06 | 30,276 | 4,374 |
| 2006-07 | 35,043 | 4,767 |
National Autism Prevalence Trends From United States Special Education Data
| State | 2000-2001 |
2006-2007 |
% increase |
| Alabama | 84 |
195 |
132 |
| Alaska | 27 |
X |
0 |
| Arizona | 94 |
364 |
287 |
| Arkansas | 95 |
195 |
105 |
| California | 3,422 |
8,521 |
149 |
| Colorado | 53 |
249 |
370 |
| Connecticut | 152 |
453 |
198 |
| Delaware | 62 |
138 |
123 |
| District of Columbia | 16 |
60 |
275 |
| Florida | 847 |
1,799 |
112 |
| Georgia | 272 |
635 |
133 |
| Hawaii | 88 |
159 |
81 |
| Idaho | 28 |
78 |
179 |
| Illinois | 670 |
1,221 |
82 |
| Indiana | 456 |
798 |
75 |
| Iowa | 128 |
90 |
-30 |
| Kansas | 87 |
169 |
94 |
| Kentucky | 168 |
299 |
78 |
| Louisiana | 121 |
318 |
163 |
| Maine | 150 |
376 |
151 |
| Maryland | 371 |
606 |
63 |
| Massachusetts | 231 |
1,579 |
584 |
| Michigan | 631 |
1,272 |
102 |
| Minnesota | 345 |
1,241 |
260 |
| Mississippi | 34 |
96 |
182 |
| Missouri | 134 |
298 |
122 |
| Montana |