Table 3.

General health status of children and young people with and without autism

General health	Age in years
	0–15 years n=916 331						16–24 years n=632 488
	Autism			Without autism			Autism			Without autism
	Total 17 348 (100%)	F 3507 (100%)	M 13 841 (100%)	Total 898 983 (100%)	F 443 718 (100%)	M 455 265 (100%)	Total 7715 (100%)	F 1676 (100%)	M 6039 (100%)	Total 624 773 (100%)	F 313 929 (100%)	M 310 844 (100%)
Very good	7470 (43.1%)	1291 (36.8%)	6179 (44.6%)	758 328 (84.4%)	376 945 (85.0%)	381 383 (83.8%)	3070 (39.8%)	531 (31.7%)	2539 (42.0%)	459 492 (73.5%)	223 178 (71.1%)	236 314 (76.0%)
Good	6073 (35.0%)	1178 (33.6%)	4895 (35.4%)	122 814 (13.7%)	58 499 (13.2%)	64 315 (14.1%)	2683 (34.8%)	605 (36.1%)	2078 (34.4%)	137 956 (22.1%)	75 489 (24.0%)	62 467 (20.1%)
Fair	2892 (16.7%)	718 (20.5%)	2174 (15.7%)	14 760 (1.6%)	6800 (1.5%)	7960 (1.7%)	1451 (18.8%)	367 (21.9%)	1084 (17.9%)	22 102 (3.5%)	12 507 (4.0%)	9595 (3.1%)
Bad	651 (3.8%)	204 (5.8%)	447 (3.2%)	2367 (0.3%)	1159 (0.3%)	1208 (0.3%)	375 (4.9%)	125 (7.5%)	250 (4.1%)	4237 (0.7%)	2279 (0.7%)	1958 (0.6%)
Very bad	262 (1.5%)	116 (3.3%)	146 (1.1%)	714 (0.1%)	315 (0.1%)	399 (0.1%)	136 (1.8%)	48 (2.9%)	88 (1.5%)	986 (0.2%)	476 (0.2%)	510 (0.2%)