Increase in Denmark’s autism diagnoses caused by reporting changes

Updates in how the disease is detected and recorded account for 60 percent of the condition’s rise in prevalence

November 4, 2014 at 2:20 pm - More than 2 years ago

Much of the increase in autism diagnoses in recent decades may be tied to changes in how the condition is reported. Sixty percent of the increase in autism cases in Denmark can be explained by these changes, scientists report November 3 in JAMA Pediatrics.