Guest guest Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Dear Editor, A significant error concerning the growth in the incidence rate of autism was printed in the article Study Puts Rate of Autism at 1 in 150 U.S. Children, February 9, 2007. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV, published in 1994, the definitive text on the topic, cites an incidence rate ranging from 1 in 2000 to 1 in 5000, not the 1 in 200 claimed in the article for prevailing rates in the 1980s. The new study from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention shows a rate of 1 in 150 children across eight states, and 1 in 93 in New Jersey . This latest study comes after dozens of studies over the past 15 years demonstrating a steady increase in autism. Yet the CDC cannot yet say conclusively if the rate has indeed changed. Some would find alarming an order of magnitude increase in a disease that is for most a life-long debilitating disorder, and perhaps even a matter of some urgency worthy of special attention from public health authorities. Sincerely, Gilmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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