Autism rates in the UK

Release date:
3 July 2017

You asked

I was wondering if you have any statistics on recorded autism rates in the UK over the past 10 years? This will be particularly useful if you have any regional data too.

We said

Thank you for your request.

You have made a Freedom of Information Request asking for statistics on recorded autism rates in the UK over the past 10 years and for any regional data held.

We do not hold information on the current rates of autism for the UK, however NHS Digital hold a Mental Health Services Data Set (http://content.digital.nhs.uk/mhsds) and produce reports from this which are available at:

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?productid=25307&q=autism&sort=Relevance&size=10&page=1&area=both#top

They can be contacted at on 0300 3035678 or email enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk

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