TABLE 7. Number and prevalence* of children aged 4 years meeting DSM-IV-TR or DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder case definition — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, seven sites, United States, 2014.
| Site and record source | DSM-IV-TR |
DSM-5 |
Prevalence ratio (95% CI),† DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Prevalence (95% CI) | No. | Prevalence (95% CI) | ||
|
Health care and education
| |||||
| Arizona |
130 |
13.5 (11.3–16.0) |
102 |
10.6 (8.6–12.9) |
1.3 (1.0–1.7) |
| Colorado |
113 |
13.4 (11.0–16.1) |
93 |
11.0 (8.9–13.5) |
1.2 (0.9–1.6) |
| New
Jersey§ |
514 |
28.4 (26.0–30.9) |
406 |
22.4 (20.3–24.7) |
1.3 (1.1–1.4) |
| North
Carolina§ |
231 |
15.5 (13.6–17.6) |
204 |
13.7 (11.9–15.7) |
1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
|
Health care only
| |||||
| Missouri |
112 |
9.6 (7.9–11.6) |
105 |
9.0 (7.4–10.9) |
1.1 (0.8–1.4) |
| Wisconsin§ |
108 |
13.2 (10.8–15.9) |
93 |
11.3 (9.1–13.9) |
1.2 (0.9–1.5) |
| Total | 1,208 | 17.0 (16.1–18.0) | 1,003 | 14.1 (13.3–15.1) | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; DSM-IV-TR = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision; DSM-5 = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition.
* Prevalence per 1,000 children aged 4 years living in the surveillance areas according to the vintage 2016 postcensal bridged-race population estimates for 2014 (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs).
† Results for PRs considered statistically significant when the CI excludes the null value (PR = 1.0).
§ Site also reviewed records from early intervention sources.