Table 2.

Identified prevalence of childhood autism by age and gender

Age in years	All children			Children with autism
	Total	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male
0	58 715	28 823	29 892	76 (0.1%)	34 (0.1%)	42 (0.1%)
1	59 556	29 188	30 368	126 (0.2%)	52 (0.2%)	74 (0.2%)
2	58 909	28 936	29 973	301 (0.5%)	87 (0.3%)	214 (0.7%)
3	58 764	28 735	30 029	509 (0.9%)	132 (0.5%)	377 (1.3%)
4	56 877	27 915	28 962	730 (1.3%)	176 (0.6%)	554 (1.9%)
5	55 224	26 910	28 314	966 (1.7%)	223 (0.8%)	743 (2.6%)
6	55 236	26 872	28 364	1053 (1.9%)	200 (0.7%)	853 (3.0%)
7	53 786	26 172	27 614	1154 (2.1%)	244 (0.9%)	910 (3.3%)
8	52 325	25 665	26 660	1243 (2.4%)	222 (0.9%)	1021 (3.8%)
9	53 046	26 022	27 024	1418 (2.7%)	257 (1.0%)	1161 (4.3%)
10	55 067	26 950	28 117	1549 (2.8%)	306 (1.1%)	1243 (4.4%)
11	56 769	27 699	29 070	1623 (2.9%)	313 (1.1%)	1310 (4.5%)
12	58 656	28 412	30 244	1665 (2.8%)	324 (1.1%)	1341 (4.4%)
13	59 971	29 353	30 618	1705 (2.8%)	330 (1.1%)	1375 (4.5%)
14	61 152	29 586	31 566	1658 (2.7%)	307 (1.0%)	1351 (4.3%)
15	62 278	29 987	32 291	1572 (2.5%)	300 (1.0%)	1272 (3.9%)
0–15	916 331	447 225	469 106	17 348 (1.9%)	3507 (0.8%)	13 841 (3.0%)