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Where in Britain is ASD most and least common

Arran

Does the NAS have any information about which parts of Britain (at least down to local authority level) have the highest and lowest proportions of people with ASD?

I would be very suprised if people with ASD are evenly spread throughout Britain. It's possible that there could be concentrated pockets of people with ASD in a few towns and areas where it is extremely uncommon. 

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  • If they have such data (which they will, I guess, but perhaps haven't done such a comparison) then the next question would be whether any regional differences are due to real differences in the number of people with ASD or due to differences in the efficiency of identifying them. I can well imagine that the latter would cover the former... 

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  • If they have such data (which they will, I guess, but perhaps haven't done such a comparison) then the next question would be whether any regional differences are due to real differences in the number of people with ASD or due to differences in the efficiency of identifying them. I can well imagine that the latter would cover the former... 

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