In the whole population of Tayside, 0.6% 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.
Tayside
Population size is 409,709
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Summary information
2,588 people are known to have autism; that's 0.6% of people
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320 girls and 1,228 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 1% of all girls and 3.5% of all boys aged 0-15
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133 girls and 459 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.8% of all boys aged 16-24
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1,548 children and 1,040 adults are known to have autism
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590 females and 1,988 males are known to have autism
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39.9% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 52.8% of all people; 2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.2% of all people
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39.4% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 20.3% of all people
Did you know
96.9%
of people known to have autism in Tayside were born in the UK
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93.2%
of people known to have autism in Tayside speak only English at home
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