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ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2023

Social vulnerability and prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (MADDSP).

Mary E Patrick, Michelle M Hughes, Akilah Ali, Kelly A Shaw, Matthew J Maenner

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Article in Annals of epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Expanding Research on Contextual Factors in Autism Research: What Took Us So Long?Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mary E PatrickCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: MEPatrick@cdc.gov.
Michelle M HughesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA.
Akilah AliOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN.
Kelly A ShawCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA.
Matthew J MaennerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta, GA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities · USOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Funding

CDC HHSIntramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program tracks autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in selected counties within Georgia as part of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. ADDM Network analyses have historically found a higher prevalence of ASD in areas of higher socioeconomic status.

methodsWe linked 2018 data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) to two Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program counties by census tract, grouped census tracts into tertiles representing low, medium, and high social vulnerability, and calculated ASD prevalence for each tertile, overall and by each of four SVI themes.

resultsWe found that overall prevalence was higher in areas of low compared to high vulnerability for the socioeconomic status and transportation themes, and in areas of medium compared to high vulnerability for all themes. This pattern was consistent among males but varied for females and by race or ethnicity.

conclusionsLinking ASD prevalence to SVI metrics can improve the understanding of inequities among children with ASD in racial and ethnic minority groups or those living in low-resource settings. These methods can be applied to other ADDM Network surveillance sites and public health surveillance programs.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderChildDevelopmental DisabilitiesEthnicityFemaleHumansMaleMinority GroupsPopulation SurveillancePrevalencePublic Health SurveillanceSocial VulnerabilityUnited StatesAutismSocial vulnerability indexSurveillance

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PMID37094622
PMCPMC10910514
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