autism in children has increased from around one in 120 to about 1 in 2500 presently
Hey buz, is this actually an increase? Think about it.
The first stat means that one child out of every 120 has autism.
The second stat means that one child out over very 2,500 has autism.
Let's take a sample group of 10,000 kids. With the first stat, 83.3 kids would have autism. With the second stat, 4 kids would have autism. That's a
decrease of well over 50 percent. 4 is .04% of 83.3.
What I took a long time to say is that you screwed up. What you want to say is that the rate went from 1 in 2500 to 1 in 120. That would be an increase.
ABE: I see WK beat me to the punch. By half an hour. Damn you scot.
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