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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. 

Parents

  • I suppose there are regional differences.  But as Oktanol suspects, I also think it would be due to the willingness of local areas to refer people to diagnosis.

    I know I have seen statistics that suggest that Autism is more prevalent in red-headed people, those with a squint (strabismus), and those with blue eyes than would be suggested by the proportion of those in the population.  But I don't know how valid these statistics are and whether there is genuinely a correlation.

    And I suppose blood groups, whether or not left or right handed, size of fingers or toes relative to each other, thickness of hair, size of ears and distance between eyes and other aspects may also throw up some statistics that may or may not have correlation, especially if several of the conditions are present.

    Such things may be interesting, but if correlation was found could have profound and possibly sinister consequences.  But it could make the possibility of being referred for a diagnosis a lot easier if certain things were known to have some correlation.

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  • I suppose there are regional differences.  But as Oktanol suspects, I also think it would be due to the willingness of local areas to refer people to diagnosis.

    I know I have seen statistics that suggest that Autism is more prevalent in red-headed people, those with a squint (strabismus), and those with blue eyes than would be suggested by the proportion of those in the population.  But I don't know how valid these statistics are and whether there is genuinely a correlation.

    And I suppose blood groups, whether or not left or right handed, size of fingers or toes relative to each other, thickness of hair, size of ears and distance between eyes and other aspects may also throw up some statistics that may or may not have correlation, especially if several of the conditions are present.

    Such things may be interesting, but if correlation was found could have profound and possibly sinister consequences.  But it could make the possibility of being referred for a diagnosis a lot easier if certain things were known to have some correlation.

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