Table 1.
Characteristics of people with and without co-occurring intellectual disabilities and autism
| People without co-occurring intellectual disabilities and autism n=5 289 694 (100%) Number (%) |
People with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and autism n=5709 (100%) Number (%) |
|
| Gender* | ||
| Males | 2 563 675 (48.5) | 3769 (66.0) |
| Females | 2 726 019 (51.5) | 1940 (44.0) |
| Age groups* (years) | ||
| 0–15 | 913 969 (17.3) | 2362 (41.4) |
| 16–24 | 631 094 (11.9) | 1394 (24.4) |
| 25–34 | 666 725 (12.6) | 602 (10.5) |
| 35–44 | 734 304 (13.9) | 450 (7.9) |
| 45–54 | 786 355 (14.9) | 401 (7.0) |
| 55–64 | 667 157 (12.6) | 256 (4.5) |
| 65+ | 890 090 (16.8) | 244 (4.3) |
| Country of birth* | ||
| UK | 4 920 614 (93.0) | 5505 (96.4) |
| Other Europe | 172 160 (3.3) | 83 (1.5) |
| Africa | 46 708 (0.9) | 34 (0.6) |
| Middle East and Asia | 104 480 (2.0) | 50 (0.9) |
| The Americas and the Caribbean | 33 325 (0.6) | 28 (0.5) |
| Other | 12 407 (0.2) | 9 (0.2) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 5 078 910 (96.0) | 5497 (96.3) |
| Asian | 140 542 (2.7) | 136 (2.4) |
| Mixed/multiple ethnicities | 19 775 (0.4) | 40 (0.7) |
| African | 29 615 (0.6) | 23 (0.4) |
| Caribbean or black | 6536 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) |
| Other ethnic groups | 14 316 (0.3) | 9 (0.2) |
*People with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and autism versus people without co-occurring intellectual disabilities and autism; p<0.01.