Mortality Among Youth and Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, or Cerebral Palsy
In this study, individuals with ASD, ID, or CP experienced higher mortality from a range of causes compared with the general population in youth and young adulthood. Mortality among these groups is difficult to ascertain using death certificates alone, since ICD-10 codes for these disabilities were rarely listed. These findings can inform public health and health care strategies to understand and prevent health disparities and excess mortality associated with developmental disabilities.
Authors
- Mary Patrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1921-2807)
- Charles E. Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-8060)
- Kelly Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2964-8946)
- Monica DiRienzo
- Michelle M. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-2236)
- Anita Washington
- Elise T. Pas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5000-4681)
- Dedria McArthur
- Amanda V. Bakian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6805-1160)
- Allison Hudson
- Sydney Pettygrove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-8490)
- Matthew J. Maenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5963-9090)
- Walter Zahorodny
- Christine Ladd-Acosta
- Deborah A Bilder
- Ellen M Howerton
- Robert T Fitzgerald
- Zachary Warren
- Maureen S Durkin
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Huntsman (United States) (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (US)
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.6120
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00