North Lanarkshire

Population size is 337,727

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  2. Autism

Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

1035

aged 0-15 yrs


675

aged 16-64 yrs


41

aged 65+ yrs


In the whole population of North Lanarkshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.6%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.

Health

People who are known to have autism rate their health as

573

very good


582

good


380

fair


140

bad


76

very bad


Health

Households

People known to have autism in private households

707

rented from council/housing association


888

private ownership


144

rented privately or living rent free


Employment and education

People aged 16 and over known to have autism

262

long term sick or disabled


129

in paid employment


163

students


77

unemployed


39

retired


46

other


Other topics

People known to have autism

98.5%

were born in the UK


94.9%

are white and Scottish


94.4%

speak only English at home


Summary information

1,751 people are known to have autism; that's 0.5% of people


  • 213 girls and 822 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.5% of all boys aged 0-15


  • 86 girls and 281 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.5% of all boys aged 16-24


  • 1,035 children and 716 adults are known to have autism


  • 415 females and 1,336 males are known to have autism


  • 7% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 50.7% of all people; 3% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.8% of all people


  • 18% of adults known to have autism have paid employment, compared with 58% of all adults; 8% of adults known to have autism are unemployed, compared with 6.2% of all adults



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