Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence and Trends of Autism Spectrum Disorder in US Children and Adolescents

Jing Yuan; Minghui Li; Z Kevin Lu

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0771

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence and Trends of Autism Spectrum Disorder in US Children and Adolescents

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e210771. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0771.

Authors

Jing Yuan¹, Minghui Li², Z Kevin Lu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis.
³ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the National Health Interview Survey to assess racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence and trends of autism spectrum disorder among US children and adolescents.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Autism Spectrum Disorder / ethnology*
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethnicity*
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Racial Groups*
Retrospective Studies
United States / epidemiology