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Mortality rate and age of death among Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults.

Morgan KrantzDjhenne DalmacyLauren BishopJ Madison HyerBrittany N Hand
Published in: Research in autism spectrum disorders (2022)
Many trends regarding mortality observed in younger samples of autistic people were also observed in our study. However, we found only a three-year difference in median age at death between autistic and non-autistic decedents, which is a much smaller disparity than reported in some other studies. This potentially suggests that when autistic people live to the age of 65, they may live to a more similar age as non-autistic peers.
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