Table 2.
Prevalence of comorbidities in adults with and without autism by age and gender
| Age group | Condition | Autism | Without autism | ||||
| Men N=4610 (100%) |
Women N=2039 (100%) |
Total N=6649 (100%) |
Men N=1 776 845 (100%) |
Women N=1 963 090 (100%) |
Total N=3 739 935 (100%) |
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| All adults aged 25+ | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 583 (12.6) | 356 (17.5) | 939 (14.1) | 178 994 (10.1) | 160 495 (8.2) | 339 489 (9.1) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 503 (10.9) | 304 (14.9) | 807 (12.1) | 52 351 (2.9) | 65 198 (3.3) | 117 549 (3.1) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 1254 (27.2) | 699 (34.3) | 1953 (29.4) | 8141 (0.5) | 6859 (0.3) | 15 000 (0.4) | |
| Mental health condition | 1468 (31.8) | 728 (35.7) | 2196 (33.0) | 90 292 (5.1) | 121 584 (6.2) | 211 876 (5.7) | |
| Physical disability | 973 (21.1) | 626 (30.7) | 1599 (24.0) | 150 896 (8.5) | 188 347 (9.6) | 339 243 (9.1) | |
| Other condition | 1402 (30.4) | 864 (42.4) | 2266 (34.1) | 407 090 (22.9) | 489 875 (25.0) | 896 965 (24.0) | |
| Men N=1753 (100%) |
Women N=636 (100%) |
Total N=2 389 (100%) |
Men N=326 854 (100%) |
Women N=338 084 (100%) |
Total N=664 938 (100%) |
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| 25–35 years | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 94 (5.4) | 68 (10.7) | 162 (6.8) | 4341 (1.3) | 3651 (1.1) | 7992 (1.2) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 118 (6.7) | 62 (9.7) | 180 (7.5) | 2382 (0.7) | 1698 (0.5) | 4080 (0.6) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 391 (22.3) | 211 (33.2) | 602 (25.2) | 1634 (0.5) | 1239 (0.4) | 2873 (0.4) | |
| Mental health condition | 466 (26.6) | 188 (29.6) | 654 (27.4) | 13 522 (4.1) | 19 428 (5.7) | 32 950 (5.0) | |
| Physical disability | 253 (14.4) | 163 (25.6) | 416 (17.4) | 5616 (1.7) | 5200 (1.5) | 10 816 (1.6) | |
| Other condition | 420 (24.0) | 218 (34.3) | 638 (26.7) | 23 726 (7.3) | 31 470 (9.3) | 55 196 (8.3) |
| Men N=1117 (100%) |
Women N=471 (100%) |
Total N=1588 (100%) |
Men N=356 553 (100%) |
Women N=376 613 (100%) |
Total N=733 166 (100%) |
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| 35–44 years | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 83 (7.4) | 44 (9.3) | 127 (8.0) | 8442 (2.4) | 7067 (1.9) | 15 509 (2.1) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 94 (8.4) | 46 (9.8) | 140 (8.8) | 3664 (1.0) | 2498 (0.7) | 6162 (0.8) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 304 (27.2) | 146 (31.0) | 450 (28.3) | 1905 (0.5) | 1504 (0.4) | 3409 (0.5) | |
| Mental health condition | 377 (33.8) | 187 (39.7) | 564 (35.5) | 22 156 (6.2) | 27 844 (7.4) | 50 000 (6.8) | |
| Physical disability | 216 (19.3) | 112 (23.8) | 328 (20.7) | 12 711 (3.6) | 12 727 (3.4) | 25 438 (3.5) | |
| Other condition | 318 (28.5) | 190 (40.3) | 508 (32.0) | 43 670 (12.2) | 54 825 (14.6) | 98 495 (13.4) |
| Men N=890 (100%) |
Women N=377 (100%) |
Total N=1267 (100%) |
Men N=383 627 (100%) |
Women N=401 862 (100%) |
Total N=785 489 (100%) |
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| 45–54 years | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 116 (13.0) | 58 (15.4) | 174 (13.7) | 19 115 (5.0) | 13 565 (3.4) | 32 680 (4.2) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 113 (12.7) | 46 (12.2) | 159 (12.5) | 6753 (1.8) | 4554 (1.1) | 11 307 (1.4) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 268 (30.1) | 133 (35.3) | 401 (31.6) | 2188 (0.6) | 1712 (0.4) | 3900 (0.5) | |
| Mental health condition | 316 (35.5) | 140 (37.1) | 456 (36.0) | 23 060 (6.0) | 29 734 (7.4) | 52 794 (6.7) | |
| Physical disability | 195 (21.9) | 110 (29.2) | 305 (24.1) | 22 783 (5.9) | 24 340 (6.1) | 47 123 (6.0) | |
| Other condition | 283 (31.8) | 152 (40.3) | 435 (34.3) | 74 773 (19.5) | 86 373 (21.5) | 161 146 (20.5) |
| Men N=474 (100%) |
Women N=233 (100%) |
Total N=707 (100%) |
Men N=326 448 (100%) |
Women N=340 258 (100%) |
Total N=666 706 (100%) |
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| 55–65 years | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 123 (25.9) | 35 (15.0) | 158 (6.7) | 35 743 (10.9) | 21 889 (6.4) | 57 632 (3.4) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 77 (16.2) | 39 (16.7) | 116 (6.5) | 9193 (2.8) | 6640 (2.0) | 15 833 (1.2) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 158 (33.3) | 98 (42.1) | 256 (22.7) | 1381 (0.4) | 1226 (0.4) | 2607 (0.4) | |
| Mental health condition | 175 (36.9) | 87 (37.3) | 262 (22.9) | 16 848 (5.2) | 18 483 (5.4) | 35 331 (5.3) | |
| Physical disability | 150 (31.6) | 85 (36.5) | 235 (15.1) | 36 100 (11.1) | 37 034 (10.9) | 73 134 (4.7) | |
| Other condition | 199 (42.0) | 114 (48.9) | 313 (24.6) | 106 897 (32.7) | 109 001 (32.0) | 215 898 (16.4) |
| Men N=376 (100%) |
Women N=322 (100%) |
Total N=698 (100%) |
Men N=383 363 (100%) |
Women N=506 273 (100%) |
Total N=889 636 (100%) |
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| 65+ years | Deafness/partial hearing loss | 167 (44.4) | 151 (46.9) | 318 (45.6) | 111 353 (29.0) | 114 323 (22.6) | 225 676 (25.4) |
| Blindness/partial sight loss | 101 (26.9) | 111 (34.5) | 212 (30.4) | 30 359 (7.9) | 49 808 (9.8) | 80 167 (9.0) | |
| Intellectual disabilities | 133 (35.4) | 111 (34.5) | 244 (35.0) | 1033 (0.3) | 1178 (0.2) | 2211 (0.2) | |
| Mental health condition | 134 (35.6) | 126 (39.1) | 260 (37.2) | 14 706 (3.8) | 26 095 (5.2) | 40 801 (4.6) | |
| Physical disability | 159 (42.3) | 156 (48.4) | 315 (45.1) | 73 686 (19.2) | 1 09 046 (21.5) | 182 732 (20.5) | |
| Other condition | 182 (48.4) | 190 (59.0) | 372 (53.3) | 158 024 (41.2) | 2 08 206 (41.1) | 366 230 (41.2) |