About 1 in every 31 children were diagnosed with autism in 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), continuing a trend of increases from previous years that researchers largely attributed to better screening.

The 2022 figure marks a slight increase from the report’s 2020 finding of 1 in 36 children with autism. The numbers varied considerably by region, race and gender.

Boys were diagnosed more than girls, and the highest rates are among children who are Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial. That marks a continued shift of diagnoses initially identified in the 2020 report.

The agency’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network has reported biennial autism spectrum disorder (ASD) estimates among 8-year-old children since 2000.

Eight-year-olds were more likely to be diagnosed, but the study also looked at 4-year-olds as a sign of early detection.

The study comes amid a heightened focus on autism from President Trump........

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