(CNN) One in 59 US children has autism, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 'Diverse communities'The CDC launched the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network in 2000 to collect data that would provide estimates of the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. "One of the main things we note this year is that the difference in prevalence between white and black children and between white and Hispanic children has decreased." In 2012, for example, the prevalence was about 20% higher in white children than in black children, and now it's about 10% higher; it was 50% higher in white children compared with Hispanic children, and now it is 20% higher. In New Jersey, Minnesota and Maryland, there was no difference at all between black and white children.

Source: CNN April 26, 2018 19:00 UTC