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Autism continues to climb, with NJ rates now the highest
By Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger
on March 27, 2014 at 1:00 PM, updated March 28, 2014 at 7:17 AM

The national autism rate continues its upward march, the federal government said today, with New Jersey leading the way.

One in 68 children are now diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder nationally — with boys nearly five times more likely than girls to have autism.

New Jersey’s numbers are even more startling: one in 45 children, with a boys’ rate of one in 28.

"It’s quite likely there is one boy with autism in every classroom," said Walter Zahorodny, director of the New Jersey Autism Study and professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark. The girls’ rate in New Jersey is one in 133.

The new numbers compiled in 2010 and just released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the rate has more than doubled since the CDC’s 2002 survey.

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Source: http://www.northjersey.com/news/report-new-jersey-s-autism-rate-is-the-highest-in-the-u-s-1.752693

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