Trying to report things not covered in the specification caused Denmark to mis-report cases, this is why we need ICD-10
Reporting may explain rise in Danish autism cases - News - KFGO The Mighty 790AM - Fargo Moorhead, ND
Monday, November 03, 2014 4:06 p.m. CST
By Kathryn Doyle
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of the apparent increase in childhood autism cases in Denmark between 1980 and 2011 may be due to changes in how those cases are reported, according to a new study.
Researchers from Aarhus University and the Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research in Denmark studied nearly 678,000 children born there between 1980 and 1991. By December 2011, 3,956 of the children had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Between 1980 and 1993, 192 kids were diagnosed with autism, compared to 100 between 1994 and 1995 and 3,664 between 1996 and the end of the study.
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