Name |
Autism and Asperger’s syndrome (autism) |
Category |
Psychiatric |
Sex |
|
Adult |
Yes |
UUID |
efc4925b-7fe7-4005-a200-87a338b643bf |
Definition |
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. |
Ontologies
Key Summary Statistics
Cases from any source
Total |
430 |
Female (%) |
128 (30%) |
Male (%) |
302 (70%) |
Year first recorded

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources
Cross-source concordance
Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Incidence & prevalence

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex
Female |
2.36 (1.32,3.39) |
Male |
7.7 (5.67,9.73) |
Incidence stratified by sex
Female |
0.05 (-0.01,0.11) |
Male |
0.25 (0.11,0.4) |
Incidence stratified by age
Ages 40-44 |
0.5 (0.06,0.94) |
Ages 45-49 |
0.3 (0.01,0.59) |
Ages 50-54 |
0.13 (-0.05,0.3) |
Ages 55-59 |
0.0 (0.0,0.0) |
Ages 60-64 |
0.08 (-0.03,0.18) |
Ages 65-69 |
0.1 (-0.04,0.24) |
Period prevalence
Methods
Comparison with general population
Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

Population |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
UK Biobank |
6 (4,9) |
3 (1,4) |
1 (1,2) |
CALIBER |
12 (11,13) |
8 (7,8) |
4 (3,4) |
Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status
Deprivation status |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
Least deprived |
4(1,13) |
1(0,5) |
2(0,5) |
Low |
3(0,11) |
0(NaN,NaN) |
1(0,4) |
Medium |
3(0,11) |
1(0,4) |
1(0,3) |
High |
7(2,15) |
3(1,8) |
1(0,3) |
Most deprived |
10(5,18) |
8(4,14) |
3(1,8) |
Stratified by age and country
Country |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
England |
4(2,7) |
2(1,3) |
1(0,2) |
Scotland |
13(5,28) |
8(3,17) |
4(1,11) |
Wales |
13(4,34) |
2(0,12) |
2(0,9) |
Definition
UK Biobank field id |
Description |
Code |
Value |
41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
F84.0 |
Childhood autism |
41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
F84.1 |
Atypical autism |
41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
F84.5 |
Asperger’s syndrome |
41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
F84.0 |
Childhood autism |
41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
F84.1 |
Atypical autism |
41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
F84.5 |
Asperger’s syndrome |
40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
F84.0 |
Childhood autism |
40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
F84.1 |
Atypical autism |
40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
F84.5 |
Asperger’s syndrome |
40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
F84.0 |
Childhood autism |
40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
F84.1 |
Atypical autism |
40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
F84.5 |
Asperger’s syndrome |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140000 |
Active infantile autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140100 |
Residual infantile autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140.00 |
Infantile autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140.11 |
Kanner’s syndrome |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140.12 |
Autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140.13 |
Childhood autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
E140z00 |
Infantile autism NOS |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84000 |
[X]Childhood autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84011 |
[X]Autistic disorder |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84012 |
[X]Infantile autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84014 |
[X]Kanner’s syndrome |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84100 |
[X]Atypical autism |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84112 |
[X]Mental retardation with autistic features |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84500 |
[X]Asperger’s syndrome |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84511 |
[X]Autistic psychopathy |
42040 |
GP clinical event records |
Eu84z11 |
[X]Autistic spectrum disorder |
20544 |
Mental health problems ever diagnosed by a professional |
14 |
Autism Aspergers or autistic spectrum disorder |