In the whole population of Lanarkshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.7%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.
Lanarkshire
Population size is 574,637
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Summary information
3,058 people are known to have autism; that's 0.5% of people
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341 girls and 1,417 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.6% of all boys aged 0-15
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168 girls and 539 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.7% of all boys aged 16-24
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1,758 children and 1,300 adults are known to have autism
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700 females and 2,358 males are known to have autism
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34% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 50.9% of all people; 3.2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.7% of all people
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38.5% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 23.8% of all people
Did you know
97.9%
of people known to have autism in Lanarkshire were born in the UK
Did you know
94.5%
of people known to have autism in Lanarkshire speak only English at home
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