MENTAL HEALTH Cohort effects explain the increase in autism diagnosis among children born from 1992 to 2003 in California
نویسندگان
چکیده
Results Compared with those born in 1992, each successively younger cohort has significantly higher odds of an autism diagnosis than the previous cohort, controlling for age and period effects. For example, individuals born in 2003 have 16.6 times the odds of an autism diagnosis compared with those born in 1992 [95% confidence interval (CI) 7.8–35.3]. The cohort effect observed in these data is stronger for high than for low-functioning children with an autism diagnosis.
منابع مشابه
Cohort effects explain the increase in autism diagnosis among children born from 1992 to 2003 in California.
BACKGROUND The incidence and prevalence of autism have dramatically increased over the last 20 years. Decomposition of autism incidence rates into age, period and cohort effects disentangle underlying domains of causal factors linked to time trends. We estimate an age-period-cohort effect model for autism diagnostic incidence overall and by level of functioning. METHODS Data are drawn from se...
متن کاملNational autism prevalence trends from United States special education data.
OBJECTIVE Reports of large increases in autism prevalence have been a matter of great concern to clinicians, educators, and parents. This analysis uses a national data source to compare the prevalence of autism with that of other disabilities among successive birth cohorts of US school-aged children. DESIGN Comparison of birth cohort curves constructed from administrative data. SETTING AND ...
متن کاملSocioeconomic Status, Personality Traits, Coping Styles, and Mental Health of the Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism is a chronic psychiatric disorder in which social relatedness is profoundly affected. The parents of afflicted children as the main caregivers mostly suffer from the situation. This study aimed at investigating the economic status, social status, coping styles, personality traits and mental health in the parents of children with autism. This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic study wa...
متن کاملTime trends in autism and in MMR immunization coverage in California.
CONTEXT Considerable concern has been generated in the lay and medical communities by a theory that increased measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization among young children may be the cause of an apparent marked increase in autism occurrence. OBJECTIVE To determine if a correlation exists in secular trends of MMR immunization coverage among young children and autism occurrence. DESIGN, SETTI...
متن کاملThimerosal and the occurrence of autism: negative ecological evidence from Danish population-based data.
OBJECTIVE It has been suggested that thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative in vaccines, is a risk factor for the development of autism. We examined whether discontinuing the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines in Denmark led to a decrease in the incidence of autism. DESIGN Analysis of data from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register recording all psychiatric admissions sin...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012