Study: 1 in 110 U.S. Children Had Autism in 2006

Written By Miriam Falco
December 22nd, 2009

A new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that one in 110 children in the United States had autism in 2006. "The average prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds increased by 57 percent," according to Catherine Rice, lead author of the report and a behavioral health scientist at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.