Table 4 |
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Crude incidence rates (per 10 000 person-years) and age standardised incidence ratios (SIR) for the period 1988 to 2001 by geographical area of the United Kingdom (listed in order of SIR) |
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Autism |
Other PDDs |
ALL |
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Region |
Number of cases |
Incidence rate |
SIR |
Number of cases |
Incidence rate |
SIR |
Number of cases |
Incidence rate |
SIR (95%CI) |
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WALES |
40 |
0.64 |
83 |
1 |
0.02 |
7 |
41 |
0.65 |
66 (49,90) |
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NORTH WEST |
121 |
0.60 |
78 |
32 |
0.16 |
72 |
153 |
0.76 |
77 (66,90) |
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NORTHERN & YORKSHIRE |
86 |
0.74 |
98 |
11 |
0.10 |
43 |
97 |
0.84 |
85 (70,104) |
|
N. IRELAND |
29 |
0.71 |
97 |
7 |
0.17 |
79 |
36 |
0.88 |
93 (67,129) |
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EASTERN |
132 |
0.76 |
97 |
35 |
0.20 |
90 |
167 |
0.96 |
95 (82,111) |
|
SCOTLAND |
32 |
0.62 |
84 |
15 |
0.29 |
135 |
47 |
0.91 |
96 (72,128) |
|
LONDON |
112 |
0.79 |
103 |
24 |
0.17 |
78 |
136 |
0.96 |
97 (82,115) |
|
TRENT |
94 |
0.79 |
100 |
24 |
0.20 |
90 |
118 |
0.99 |
98 (82,117) |
|
SOUTH WEST |
99 |
0.72 |
92 |
44 |
0.32 |
144 |
143 |
1.03 |
103 (87,121) |
|
WEST MIDLANDS |
146 |
0.85 |
113 |
36 |
0.21 |
97 |
182 |
1.06 |
109 (94,126) |
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SOUTH EAST |
206 |
1.00 |
128 |
84 |
0.41 |
184 |
290 |
1.40 |
141 (126,158) |
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Smeeth et al. BMC Medicine 2004 2:39 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-39 |
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