ArticleResearch in autism spectrum disorders2023
Mortality rate and age of death among Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults.
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- Risk of dementia and related neurocognitive disorders among autistic and non-autistic older adults: role of established risk factors.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- The healthcare experiences of middle and older age autistic women in the United Kingdom.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- All-Cause Mortality and Specific Causes of Death in Autism: A Nationwide Analysis.Autism in adulthood · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Equity in Hospice Care Utilization Among Medicare-Enrolled Autistic Older Adults.Autism in adulthood · 2024Article
- Aging Well and Autism: A Narrative Review and Recommendations for Future Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A mixed-methods study of autistic adults' healthcare independence over time.Health care transitions · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: An emerging body of evidence suggests that autistic people are at greater risk for mortality than non-autistic people. Yet, relatively little is known about mortality rates among autistic people during older adulthood (i.e., age 65 or older). Methods: We examined 5-year mortality among a national US sample of Medicare-enrolled autistic (n=3,308) and non-autistic (n=33,080) adults aged 65 or older. Results: Autistic older adults had 2.87 times greater rate of mortality (95% CI=2.61-3.07) than non-autistic older adults. Among decedents (39.6% of autistic and 15.1% of non-autistic older adults), the median age of death was 72 years (IQR=69-78) for autistic and 75 years (IQR=70-83) for non-autistic older adults. Among autistic older adults, those with intellectual disability had 1.57 times greater rate of mortality (95% CI=1.41-1.76) than those without, and males had 1.27 times greater rate of mortality (95% CI=1.12-1.43) than females. Conclusions: Many trends regarding mortality observed in younger samples of autistic people were also observed in our study. However, we found only a three-year difference in median age at death between autistic and non-autistic decedents, which is a much smaller disparity than reported in some other studies. This potentially suggests that when autistic people live to the age of 65, they may live to a more similar age as non-autistic peers.
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