Autism Studies

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http://www.redflagsweekly.com/articles/2005_mar11.html

 

 

 

SPECIAL FEATURE

 

The table posted below represents a valuable and careful review of

diseases and mortality over the years. As Mr. Hollenbeck clearly

demonstrates, Autism has become a pandemic. Please note his reference

to the just released MMR-Autism study from Japan.

 

For more on that study see:

- Commentary By Andrew J Wakefield FRCS FRCPath and Carol M Stott PhD

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/articles/2005_mar06_2.html

 

- MMR – Autism Epidemiological Studies: Just a distraction by Red

Flags Columnist, F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/yazbak/2005_mar10.html

 

 

The Autism Pandemic and Relative Risk

 

By Daniel Hollenbeck

http://www.FightingAutism.org

 

Maximal Historical Disease Prevalence and Mortality

 

 

(TABLE)

 

 

 

References:

 

1. link

http://www.healthsentinel.com/graphs.php

 

2. Prevalence of autism in a US metropolitan area. JAMA. 2003 Jan

1;289(1):49-55.PMID: 12503976

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1\

2503976

 

3. Incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 and age-adjusted to

2000 US standard population. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1973-1999.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/burden_pres/bcd_11.htm

 

4. National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003

 

5. pdf document

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ice/ice95v1/c17.pdf

 

6. 36,000 deaths, media reports, 2004. Calculated via 36,000 / 282

million US population.

 

7. Honda H, Shimizu Y and Rutter M. No effect of MMR withdrawal on

the incidence of autism: a total population study. Journal of Child

Psychology and Psychiatry 2005. Taken from Table 2 for the `All ASD'

column for birth year cohort 1994. 1613 per 100,000 equals 1 out of 62

children.

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01425.x/abs/

 

 

It is important to note that the entire conclusions of the Honda et

al. study are based on the premise that the autism prevalence

identified in the study is accurate. Therefore, if there is concern

over the magnitude of 1613 / 100,000 (1 out of 62) than the

conclusions of this study must be called into question.