Minnesota Has the Highest Autism Rate?: Depends on How You Count It
August 20, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Darn, I thought it was my own state of New Jersey that does: According to the most recent figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007, about 1 in 150 8-year-old children in multiple areas of the United States had an ASD, and New Jersey has the highest prevalence rate, 1 in 94. An article in the August 20th CityPages in Minnesota suggests that it’s rather the North Star state that has the highest rate, 1 in 81.
The CityPages article mentions a 2001 CDC study but not the more recent one in 2007, though …read more




