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. 2011 Mar 30;6(3):e17875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017875

Table 1. Maternal birthplace by diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or/and Intellectual Disability (ID) of unknown cause.

Maternal Birth Place Not ID Mild-moderate ID OR 95% CI Severe ID OR 95% CI ASD + ID OR 95% CI ASD without ID OR 95% CI
1 Oceania and Antarctica 278,569 3,498 1 177 1 508 1 327 1
(73.98%) (80.62%) (74.63%) (69.19%) (72.35%)
2 North West Europe 54,522 500 0.73 28 0.81 104 1.06 78 1.22
(14.48%) (11.52%) (0.66–0.80) (11.81%) (0.54–1.20) (14.31%) (0.86–1.30) (17.26%) (0.95–1.56)
3 Southern and Eastern Europe 8,187 77 0.75 8 1.54 23 1.56 5 0.52
(2.17%) (1.77%) (0.60–0.94) (3.38%) (0.76–3.12) (3.16%) (1.02–2.36) (1.11%) (0.22–1.26)
4 North Africa and Middle East 1,832 16 0.70 3 2.58 7 2.12 0
(0.49%) (0.37%) (0.42–1.14) (1.27%) (0.82–8.08) (0.96%) (1.00–4.47) (0%)
5 South East Asia 15,629 100 0.51 10 1.01 46 1.63 18 0.98
(4.15%) (2.30%) (0.42–0.62) (4.22%) (0.53–1.90) (6.33%) (1.20–2.20) (3.98%) (0.61–1.58)
6 North East Asia 2,615 12 0.37 2 1.20 13 2.75 5 1.63
(0.69%) (0.28%) (0.21–0.64) (0.84%) (0.30–4.85) (1.79%) (1.59–4.78) (1.11%) (0.67–3.94)
7 South and Central Asia 4956 31 0.50 2 0.64 9 1.01 8 1.38
(1.32%) (0.71%) (0.35–.71) (0.84%) (0.16–2.56) (1.24%) (0.52–1.94) (1.77%) (0.68–2.77)
8 Americas 2,237 11 0.39 1 0.70 4 1.24 4 1.52
(0.59%) (0.25%) (0.22–0.71) (0.42%) (0.10–5.02) (0.88%) (0.51–3.00) (0.46%) (0.57–4.08)
9 Sub-Saharan Africa 5,028 35 0.55 3 0.94 15 1.65 6 1.02
(1.34%) (0.81%) (0.40–0.77) (1.27%) (0.30–2.94) (2.06%) (0.99–2.76) (1.33%) (0.45–2.28)
missing 2,954 59 3 2 1