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"Hot spot" map of prevalence of autism spectrum disorder by county (lemmy.world)

submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Hot-Spot-Analysis-for-the-Estimated-Proportion-of-Children-with-ASD-County-Level_fig2_370523386

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

For reference. That middle blue spot is centered on the DFW metroplex. An area of over 8.4M people in the center. What that most likely means is there are a large number there that are undiagnosed likely due to political and educational reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Maybe, or maybe it's environmental, or just statistically insignificant. With no further information on what their "confidence" is in this is basically map gore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit man, yeah DFW is big but not that fucking big lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

DFW is big and getting bigger

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

I am going with regional insurance/medical provider policy on coverage of the diagnosis. If an autism diagnosis gets more covered care, it's diagnosed more. If other diagnosis gets the patient the care that they need, it's another disease that overlaps.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 16 hours ago

Nah, that's centered on Oklahoma. It includes DFW, but that's basically all of Oklahoma.