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Autism Increases in the United States

 

The following is taken from the official State statistics produced by the Department of Education in the United States, for numbers of children aged 6-21 served by IDEA (Individuals With Disabilities Discrimination Act) who have autism. It compares the increase over the eleven years between 1992-93 and 2003-04:

 

State

1992-1993

2003-2004

Percentage Increase

Alabama

68

1,319

1,840

Alaska

8

291

3,538

Arizona

199

2,131

971

Arkansas

30

1,040

3,367

California

1,605

19,034

1,086

Colorado

14

879

6,179

Connecticut

164

2,041

1,145

Delaware

15

387

2,480

District of Columbia

0

208

  -

Florida

582

5,915

916

Georgia

262

3,956

1,410

Hawaii

52

618

1,088

Idaho

39

571

1,364

Illinois

5

6,005

120,000

Indiana

273

4,755

1,642

Iowa

67

1,224

1,727

Kansas

74

993

1,242

Kentucky

38

1,358

3,474

Louisiana

409

1,640

301

Maine

37

815

2,103

Maryland

28

3,536

12,529

Massachusetts

493

4,007

719

Michigan

288

6,341

2,102

Minnesota

296

5,076

1,615

Mississippi

0

622

    -

Missouri

336

2,664

693

Montana

20

247

1,135

Nebraska

4

557

13,825 

Nevada

5

891

17,720

New Hampshire

0

585

  -

New Jersey

446

4,933

1,006

New Mexico

16

359

2,144

New York

1,648

9,486

476

North Carolina

786

4,074

418

North Dakota

9

220

2,344

Ohio

22

5,146

23,291

Oklahoma

31

959

2,994

Oregon

37

3,759

10,059

Pennsylvania

346

5,805

1,578

Puerto Rico

266

666

2,404

Rhode Island

19

568

2,889

South Carolina

141

1,303

824

South Dakota

36

328

811

Tennessee

304

1,659

446

Texas

1,444

10,354

617

Utah

105

1,030

881

Vermont

6

280

4,567

Virginia

539

3,533

555

Washington

476

2,824

493

West Virginia

101

507

402

Wisconsin

18

3,259

18,006

Wyoming

15

162

980

Total

12,222

140,920

+1,055 overall

 

(Source: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act data, US Department of Education. Note: Where increases are from a very low base figure, these have been expressed as “almost infinite”.)

 

 

http://www.ideadata.org/tables27th/ar_aa3.htm

 

 
 

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