The new CDC analysis, Prevalence And Early Identification Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 4 And 8 Years, estimates the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be 3.2%, 32.2 per 1,000, or one in every 31 children. This is an increase from the previous studies, which put that number at 1 in 36 in 2020 and 1 in 150 in 2000 (see Autism Rates Hit Record High, CDC Data Show).

The analysis also found that boys are still more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, but autism rates are increasing among girls. And multiracial, Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Natives, and Asian and Pacific Islander children had higher rates of…