17% Of Children Aged 3 To 17 Years Have A Developmental Disability

About 17% of children ages 3 to 17 in the United States have a developmental disability (DD). Among these children, the percentage with limited abilities and special health needs and who used specialty services varied across socio-economic subgroups, such as age, gender, geography, and race/ethnicity. The data source did not report differences in DD prevalence by socio-economic subgroups.

The differences in use of specialty services were as follows:

Age: Children ages 3 to 8 were more likely than children ages 9 to 17 to need special equipment, help with personal care, receive home health care, or receive . . .