Monday, May 04, 2020

RFK JR Fact Check: Autism

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for 2014-2016 studied 30,502 US children and adolescents and found the weighted prevalence of ASD was 2.47% (24.7 per 1,000); 3.63% in boys and 1.25% in girls. Across the 3-year reporting period, the prevalence was 2.24% in 2014, 2.41% in 2015, and 2.76% in 2016.

How common is autism 2019?

Both sets of researchers calculated weighted prevalence estimates at 2.5 percent of U.S. children currently with ASD. This new estimate is higher than the autism prevalence rate currently reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of 59 children.Jan 3, 2019

In following video, RFK Jr calls autism "worse than coronavirus."  Stats show ASD is, in fact, an epidemic....


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