Prevalence and Characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2012

作者：Deborah Christensen, Jon Baio, Kim Van Naarden Braun, Deborah A. Bilder, Jane M. Charles, John Nicholas Constantino, Julie L. Daniels, Maureen S. Durkin, Robert T. Fitzgerald, Margaret Kurzius‐Spencer, Li-Ching Lee, Sydney D. Pettygrove, Cordelia C. Robinson, Eldon G. Schulz, Chris S. Wells, Martha Slay Wingate, Walter M. Zahorodny, Marshalyn Yeargin‐Allsopp · 发表于：MMWR Surveillance Summaries · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.15585/mmwr.ss6503a1 · 被引用次数：1989 · 研究领域：Autism Spectrum Disorder Research、Family and Disability Support Research、Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

PROBLEM/CONDITION: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). PERIOD COVERED: 2012. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM: The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network is an active surveillance system that provides estimates of the prevalence and characteristics of ASD among children aged 8 years whose parents or guardians reside in 11 ADDM Network sites in the United States (Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah, and Wisconsin). Surveillance to determine ASD case status is conducted in two phases. The first phase consists of screening and abstracting comprehensive evaluations performed by professional service providers in the community. Data sources identified for record review are categorized as either 1) education source type, including developmental evaluations to determine eligibility for special education services or 2) health care source type, including diagnostic and developmental evaluations. The second phase involves the review of all abstracted evaluations by trained clinicians to determine ASD surveillance case status. A child meets the surveillance case definition for ASD if one or more comprehensive evaluations of that child completed by a qualified professional describes behaviors that are consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision diagnostic criteria for any of the following conditions: autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disord...