Autism in China »
By webmaster on Jan 7, 2012 in China | 0 Comments
From November 1955 to June 1981, in a hospital only five (0.42%) out of 1,190 cases of children psychiatric patient were certified with autism. In 2001, the Health Minister, Public Security Bureau, China Federation of Disabled Persons and State Statistics Bureau jointly organized a survey on children with disabilities from 0 to 6 years in age. A total sample of 60,124 was selected and 140 children were suspected psychiatric patients and 61 children were certified psychiatric patients. Which occupies 0.101% of the total surveyed sample.
The average prevalence of children with autism is 0.145%. This means that in China there will be 15,000 new born babies with autism each year. According to the survey estimation, there will be a total of 104,000 children of the age 0-6 years suffering from psychiatric problems (population census based on the year 2,000 figures). It is estimated that out of the total 104,000 children, a total of 100,000 are suffering from autism.



