Proportion of English schoolchildren with autism

Autism prevalence is highest among Black children and lowest among Roma or Irish Traveler children. Across all groups, autism is more common among boys than girls.

The researchers calculated autism prevalence among 7 million English schoolchildren included in the National Pupil Database. This chart excludes students whose race or ethnicity was not given.
Chart: Chart: Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky Source: Roman-Urrestarazu et al. Get the data
Spectrum News (with data)