Prevalence and Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorders Among National Health Insurance Enrollees in Taiwan from 1996 to 2005

Author:

Chien I-Chia1,Lin Ching-Heng2,Chou Yiing-Jenq3,Chou Pesus4

Affiliation:

1. Taoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Public Health & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

2. Taichung Veteran General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

3. Department of Public Health & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

4. Department of Public Health & Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,

Abstract

The authors used a national database to examine the prevalence and incidence of autism spectrum disorders. The National Health Research Institute provided a database of 1 000 000 random participants for study. A population-based sample of 372 642 aged younger than 18 was obtained as a dynamic cohort. Those study participants who had at least one service claim from 1996 to 2005 with a principal diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders were identified. The cumulative prevalence of autism spectrum disorders increased from 1.79 to 28.72 per 10 000 from 1996 to 2005. The annual incidence of autism spectrum disorders increased from 0.91 to 4.41 per 10 000 per year from 1997 to 2005. Higher incidence was detected in the 0 to 5 age group, in males, and in those who lived in northern, southern, and eastern regions and urban areas. Our findings suggest increases in the prevalence and incidence of treated autism spectrum disorders in Taiwan.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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