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Dec 8, 2022 · Autistic people have significantly lower life expectancies than the rest of the population. In 2022, the average global life expectancy is approximately 72 years old. For autistic people, though, the average life expectancy ranges from 39.5 years to 58 years. Some of the psychological stressors that autistic people experience are a result of ...
Oct 7, 2018 · Those with ASD without a learning disability had an average age of death at about 58 years. The leading causes of death in those with ASD in this large study were heart disease, suicide, and ...
Feb 19, 2018 · I just turned 36 — the average age when people like me die. The stress of living with autism is exhausting. On March 21, 2017, CNN published an article on a new study from the American Journal ...
- Sarah Kurchak
The present study reported the rate, timing, and causes of death in a large community-based cohort of adolescents and adults with ASD (n = 406) over a 20-year period (1998 – 2018), and identified predictors of mortality. Over this period, 6.4% of individuals died at an average age of 39 years. Causes of death included chronic conditions (such ...
- Leann Smith DaWalt, Jinkuk Hong, Jan S Greenberg, Marsha R Mailick
- 2019
Nov 23, 2023 · Meanwhile, the estimated life expectancy for people diagnosed with autism and learning disability was around 71.7 years for men and 69.6 years for women. These figures compare to the usual life ...
Autism Facts & Stats. Autism now affects 1 in 36 children. Boys are four times more likely to have autism than girls. About 40% of children with autism do not speak. About 25%–30% of children with autism have some words at 12 to 18 months of age and then lose them. Others might speak, but not until later in childhood.
Nov 24, 2023 · Autistic people with a learning disability had an even lower life expectancy of 71.7 years for men and 69.6 years for women. While this was lower than the average life expectancy in the UK of ...
