In the whole population of Fife, 0.7% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 2.2%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.
Fife
Population size is 365,198
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Summary information
2,635 people are known to have autism; that's 0.7% of people
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286 girls and 1,133 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.9% of all girls and 3.4% of all boys aged 0-15
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160 girls and 560 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.7% of all boys aged 16-24
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1,419 children and 1,216 adults are known to have autism
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611 females and 2,024 males are known to have autism
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37.9% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 50.8% of all people; 2.1% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.2% of all people
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33.4% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 18.1% of all people
Did you know
97.6%
of people known to have autism in Fife were born in the UK
Did you know
94.3%
of people known to have autism in Fife speak only English at home
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