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

submitted 23 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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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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[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 47 points 21 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.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 18 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

DFW is big and getting bigger

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 19 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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 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.