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CDC Offers New Stats On Disability Prevalence - USA

globe80 Article in DisabilityScoop by Shaun Heasley, March 14, 2016 -

More than 1 in 7 American children have a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but prevalence is far from steady across the country.

At the high end, 21.5 percent of kids in Arkansas and Kentucky have one of the conditions. By contrast, California logs the lowest rate in the nation at 10.6 percent.

The findings published this month in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report rely on statistics collected as part of the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health on more than 35,000 kids ages 2 to 8.