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. 2017 Oct 2;171(10):948–956. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1919

Figure 2. Comparison of the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Special Populations With the Global Prevalence Among Children and Youth in the General Population.

Figure 2.

Data in special populations are obtained from select studies. Special populations include adoptees from Eastern Europe in Sweden (521.1 per 1000 population; Landgren et al), foster and adopted youth referred to a US children’s mental health center (285.2 per 1000 population; Chasnoff et al), a correctional population in Canada (233.5 per 1000 population; Fast et al), an aboriginal population in Canada (189.7 per 1000 population; Robinson et al), a rural population with low socioeconomic status (SES) in South Africa (182.4 per 1000 population; de Vries et al), children in an orphanage in Brazil (170.2 per 1000 population; Strömland et al), a US population in psychiatric care (142.4 per 1000 population; Bell and Chimata), an aboriginal population in Australia (120.4 per 1000 population; Fitzpatrick et al), and children before adoption or in foster care in Israel (40.0 per 1000 population; Tenenbaum et al). Prevalence in the general population is described in Table 2. Error bars indicate 95% CI.