Open AccessPrevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children (1-10 years of age) - Findings of a mid-term report from Northwest India
Author(s) -
Sujeet Raina,
Vipasha Kashyap,
Amit Bhardwaj,
Dinesh Kumar,
Vishav Chander
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.166512
Subject(s) - medicine , autism , indigenous , socioeconomic status , incidence (geometry) , prevalence , population , cross sectional study , rural area , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , ecology , physics , sociology , optics , biology
India is the second most populous country of the world. A large portion of the population of this country is below 20 years of age but still there is a paucity of information about the prevalence and incidence of many developmental disorders. This study was planned to estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the selected areas (tribal, rural, and urban) of a northern state of India, Himachal Pradesh.