中国自闭症儿童的统计数据

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看到一篇发表在一美国刊物上关于中国自闭症的文章。这篇文章提到新华社2001年估计中国有四五十万自闭症儿童。但按照6：1000的比例计算（2003年美国的数据），中国有一百二十万自闭症儿童。以下是原文部分。

IN CHINA: FROM ACUPUNCTURE TO APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

Prevalence Data
Getting accurate prevalence data in China is difficult given the size of the country (estimated to be 3.7 million square miles) and its vast rural areas. One report in 2001 by the Xinhua News  Agency estimated that the number of children with autism was between 400,000 and 500,000.

This rate is about two or three times lower than what would be expected using prevalence estimates from Western nations such as the United States. Using the U.S. rate of 6 in 1,000 (Yeargin-Allsopp et al., 2003), the number of children in China estimated to have an ASD (i.e., both high- and low-functioning autism) would be 1.2 million. No nationwide epidemiological study has
been conducted as yet; however, two studies in provinces in East China reveal quite discrepant results. Data collected in Changzhou indicate that 7 of 3,978 children have autism (W.H. Wang et al., 2002) whereas a study in the province of Anhui showed that 420 of 3,559 children have autism, or 11.8% of the population (Ren & Duan, 2002).

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