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Despite the lack of prevalence data on autism worldwide, there are emerging

trend numbers that suggest that tens of millions of children and adults have

ASD. As the numbers increase, the resulting costs of this lifespan condition on

national economies rise concurrently; by 2010, estimates of the cost of caring

for the estimated 1.75 million Americans with ASD will reach $90 billion per

year. In countries such as India, Russia and Nigeria, these costs could cripple

a nation¢s health and education budgets within a few years.

While the World Health Organization (WHO) does not maintain global statistics on

the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders or appropriate treatments

specifically, its 2007 Global Burden of Disease report on mental and

neurological disorders highlighted the critical situation the world faces with a

growing population that includes those with autism. The report demonstrated that

traditional epidemiological methods of disease had been greatly underestimating

mental and neurological disorders by tracking mortality, not disability rates,

which it estimates accounts for almost 11 percent of global disease burden. The

study concluded that the proportionate share of the total global burden of

disease due to neuropsychiatric disorders is projected to rise to 14.7 percent

by 2020.

Following is a chart showing recent incidence rates in selected countries:

Chart A: Estimated Number of Individuals with Autism in Selected Nations, 2007

(calculated from prevalence rates in some cases)

COUNTRY

China NUMBER

1,100,000 DATA SOURCE

Peking Health Science Center (estimate based on official 2005 rate of 1.1 in

1000 children affected)

India 2,000,000 Action for Autism India (based on an estimated rate of 1 in 250)

United States 1,500,000 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ADDME

Study 2007 and Autism Society of America

United Kingdom 650,000 National Autistic Society 2006 (based on rate of 1 in

100)

Mexico 150,000 Based on estimates by Ministry of Health of 2 to 6 per 1000

Philippines 500,000 Autism Society of Philippines

Thailand 180,000 Estimate of the Minister of Mental Health

 

 

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