Autism Prevalence Trends in U.S. And Outlying Areas

Disability	State	Number Years	Show Values	Prevalence Denominator
All Disabilities Autism Specific Learning Disabilities Speech Or Language Impairments Mental Retardation Emotional Disturbance Multiple Disabilities Hearing Impairments Orthopedic Impairments Other Health Impairments Visual Impairments Deaf-Blindness Traumatic Brain Injury Developmental Delay Autism + Developmental Delay Autism + Mental Retardation	---US Totals-- U.S. And Outlying Areas 50 States, D.C., & P.R. ---US States-- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Bur. Of Indian Affairs California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming --Outlying Areas-- Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam Northern Marianas Virgin Islands	17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1		Births † Public School Enrollment ‡

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† As of 12/3/2009 the birth data is limited to years 1969 to 2005.
‡ As of 12/3/2009 the enrollment data only includes data for grades pre-kindergarten to twelfth (6 to 18 year olds) for school years 1992 to 2007. Therefore, the prevalence data will be restricted to this range.

Citation:
Thoughtful House Center for Children, Graphing IDEA Professional 2010, Thoughtful House, Austin, TX,
Acessed at http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/disabilities/ on September 8, 2010.

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