Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children U.S. 2016-2019, by gender

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John Elflein,
Mar 4, 2022
This statistic shows the estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 3 to 17 years in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, by gender. In that period, around 4.8 percent of male children and 1.3 percent of female children had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at some point in their life.

Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 3 to 17 years in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, by gender

CharacteristicPrevalence
Male 4.8%
Female 1.3%
Total 3.1%
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February 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2016-2019

Number of respondents

114,476 respondents

Age group

3-17 years

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