ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2020
California Autism Prevalence by County and Race/Ethnicity: Declining Trends Among Wealthy Whites.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Racial Differences in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Serum Vitamin D, Folate and Fatty Acid Levels in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Accelerating autism prevalence in California with changepoint in the mid-2010s and divergence by county and socioeconomic indicators.SAGE open medicine · 2026Article
- Understanding disparities in autism diagnosis and care: A socioecological perspective.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Trends in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in California: Disparities by Sociodemographic Factors and Region Between 1990-2018.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Air Pollution and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Unveiling Multipollutant Risks and Sociodemographic Influences in California.Environmental health perspectives · 2025Article
- Multiple Exposures to Sevoflurane General Anesthesia During Pregnancy Inhibit CaMKII/CREB Axis by Downregulating HCN2 to Induce an Autism-Like Phenotype in Offspring Mice.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- Association of Labor Epidural Analgesia, Oxytocin Exposure, and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Autism Tsunami: the Impact of Rising Prevalence on the Societal Cost of Autism in the United States.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Effects of Soy-Based Infant Formula on Weight Gain and Neurodevelopment in an Autism Mouse Model.Cells · 2022Article
- Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in a large, diverse metropolitan area: Variation by sociodemographic factors.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- The social patterning of autism diagnoses reversed in California between 1992 and 2018.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
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Abstract
County-level ASD prevalence was estimated using an age-resolved snapshot from the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) for birth years 1993-2013. ASD prevalence increased among all children across birth years 1993-2000 but plateaued or declined thereafter among whites from wealthy counties. In contrast, ASD rates increased continuously across 1993-2013 among whites from lower income counties and Hispanics from all counties. Both white ASD prevalence and rate of change in prevalence were inversely correlated to county income from birth year 2000-2013 but not 1993-2000. These disparate trends within the dataset suggest that wealthy white parents, starting around 2000, may have begun opting out of DDS in favor of private care and/or making changes that effectively lowered their children's risk of ASD.
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