TABLE 6. Number and percentage of children aged 8 years identified with autism spectrum disorder with available special education records, by primary special education eligibility category* — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 10 sites, United States, 2014.

Characteristic	Arizona	Arkansas	Colorado	Georgia	Maryland	Minnesota	New Jersey	North Carolina	Tennessee	Wisconsin
Total no. of ASD cases	349	522	572	869	199	234	964	527	387	494
Total no. (%) of ASD cases with special education records	308 (88.3)	327† (—§)	139† (—§)	708 (81.5)	149 (74.9)	188 (80.3)	822 (85.3)	420 (79.7)	218† (—§)	156† (—§)
Primary exceptionality (%)
Autism	64.9	65.4	43.9	58.9	67.1	67.0	48.4	75.0	79.8	36.5
Emotional disturbance	2.9	0.9	7.2	2.0	2.7	3.7	1.6	2.6	0.5	5.8
Specific learning disability	6.8	3.7	13.7	4.0	12.8	1.1	8.2	2.9	0.9	2.6
Speech or language impairment	5.5	8.9	10.8	1.0	3.4	2.7	13.7	2.4	3.2	20.5
Hearing or visual impairment	0	0.3	0	0.1	0	1.1	0.6	0.5	0	0.6
Health, physical or other disability	6.8	13.5	14.4	3.5	8.1	15.4	18.5	11.2	3.2	14.7
Multiple disabilities	0.3	3.4	5.0	0	4.0	1.6	6.7	1.7	0	0
Intellectual disability	3.2	4.0	4.3	2.0	2.0	6.9	1.7	2.4	2.8	0.6
Developmental delay/Preschool	9.4	0	0.7	28.5	0	0.5	0.6	1.4	9.6	18.6

Abbreviation: ASD = autism spectrum disorder.

* Some state-specific categories were recoded or combined to match current U.S. Department of Education categories.

^† Excludes children residing in school districts where educational records were not reviewed (proportion of surveillance population: 31% Arkansas, 67% Colorado, 12% Tennessee, 74% Wisconsin).

^§ Proportion not reported because numerator is not comparable to other sites (excludes children residing in school districts where educational records were not reviewed).