Prevalence of children with autism

While both profound and non-profound autism among 8-year-old children increased from 2000 to 2016, the increase was greater for non-profound autism.

Note: Note: Data based on a study of the prevalence of profound and non-profound autism among 8-year-old children at 15 sites in the United States in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network in even-numbered years from 2000 to 2016. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention By Yuhan Liu