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Eric Fombonne, MD

JAMA. 2003;289:87-89.

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The number of epidemiological studies of autism has increased in recent years, including in the United States, where investigators are now catching up in what has traditionally been a weak area of child psychiatric research in North America. In this issue of THE JOURNAL, Yeargin-Allsopp et al¹ report the findings of a survey, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that found a rate of 34 per 10 000 for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) among 3- to 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta.

The strengths of the survey include use of multiple ascertainment sources and large sample size (ie, 987 confirmed ASD cases compared with a median sample size of 50 in 32 previous studies),² thereby allowing the authors to have good precision in the estimates and to conduct meaningful subgroup analyses. In addition, this study is the first to derive a robust population-based estimate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliation: McGill University and Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.

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