In the Research Letter entitled “Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children and Adolescents, 2014-2016” published in the January 2, 2018, issue of JAMA,1 the sample weights used to calculate the 2016 prevalence of autism spectrum disorder were inaccurate in the data source, as explained in the accompanying letter.2 The weighted prevalence data (percentages and 95% CIs) have been corrected in the text and Table in the online and PDF versions of the Research Letter.
References
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