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Increase the proportion of children who receive a developmental screening — MICH‑17 Data

National Status: Improving

  
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Most Recent Data:
35.6 percent (2022-23)

National Target:
35.8 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
31.1 percent of children aged 9 through 35 months were screened for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental delays in the past 12 months, as reported in 2016-17

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Children screened for autism and other developmental delays, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Total
31.1
CI 28.9 / 33.3
SE 1.135
36.0
CI 33.6 / 38.5
SE 1.254
34.8
CI 32.9 / 36.7
SE 0.957
35.6
CI 33.9 / 37.2
SE 0.834

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Sex, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Male
32.4
CI 29.3 / 35.7
SE 1.657
34.9
CI 31.5 / 38.4
SE 1.755
36.4
CI 33.8 / 39.0
SE 1.336
35.6
CI 33.3 / 38.0
SE 1.183
Female
29.6
CI 26.7 / 32.7
SE 1.543
37.2
CI 33.8 / 40.8
SE 1.792
33.1
CI 30.5 / 35.9
SE 1.369
35.5
CI 33.2 / 37.8
SE 1.173

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Race/Ethnicity, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
American Indian or Alaska Native only
55.1
CI 31.0 / 77.0
SE 12.683
39.0
CI 12.9 / 73.5
SE 17.785
21.3
CI 11.6 / 35.8
SE 6.189
36.3
CI 24.0 / 50.7
SE 6.941
Asian only
30.9
CI 20.6 / 43.6
SE 5.951
30.3
CI 21.6 / 40.8
SE 4.949
24.0
CI 17.1 / 32.5
SE 3.920
30.8
CI 25.8 / 36.2
SE 2.666
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
DSU
30.7
CI 14.5 / 53.6
SE 10.408
23.6
CI 10.1 / 46.0
SE 9.334
Black or African American only
25.7
CI 18.7 / 34.2
SE 3.963
24.5
CI 18.5 / 31.6
SE 3.353
31.0
CI 25.0 / 37.7
SE 3.258
31.6
CI 26.0 / 37.6
SE 2.965
White only
31.2
CI 28.8 / 33.7
SE 1.251
38.0
CI 35.2 / 40.9
SE 1.453
36.4
CI 34.2 / 38.6
SE 1.103
36.1
CI 34.2 / 38.0
SE 0.972
2 or more races
34.7
CI 27.8 / 42.4
SE 3.745
38.5
CI 30.5 / 47.2
SE 4.319
36.0
CI 30.6 / 41.7
SE 2.862
39.7
CI 35.1 / 44.4
SE 2.385
Hispanic or Latino
24.4
CI 19.5 / 30.1
SE 2.713
37.0
CI 30.2 / 44.3
SE 3.634
29.6
CI 25.2 / 34.3
SE 2.320
30.6
CI 26.7 / 34.7
SE 2.029
Not Hispanic or Latino
33.1
CI 30.8 / 35.5
SE 1.187
35.7
CI 33.5 / 38.0
SE 1.131
36.5
CI 34.5 / 38.4
SE 1.007
37.4
CI 35.7 / 39.1
SE 0.851
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
61.2
CI 39.3 / 79.4
SE 10.801
22.5
CI 8.2 / 48.5
SE 10.464
25.0
CI 12.1 / 44.6
SE 8.458
27.4
CI 15.6 / 43.5
SE 7.239
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
24.8
CI 15.3 / 37.6
SE 5.755
30.5
CI 21.4 / 41.3
SE 5.133
25.4
CI 18.5 / 33.9
SE 3.942
32.2
CI 27.1 / 37.9
SE 2.758
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
22.8
CI 8.3 / 49.0
SE 10.608
16.9
CI 5.8 / 40.0
SE 8.508
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
26.6
CI 19.1 / 35.9
SE 4.321
26.2
CI 19.8 / 33.9
SE 3.601
31.6
CI 25.1 / 38.9
SE 3.532
31.8
CI 25.9 / 38.3
SE 3.166
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
34.6
CI 32.2 / 37.0
SE 1.246
37.5
CI 35.1 / 40.0
SE 1.249
38.4
CI 36.3 / 40.6
SE 1.119
38.8
CI 37.0 / 40.6
SE 0.923
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
35.3
CI 27.8 / 43.6
SE 4.059
42.2
CI 34.1 / 50.7
SE 4.291
38.0
CI 31.9 / 44.5
SE 3.235
40.9
CI 35.8 / 46.2
SE 2.676

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Educational attainment (of most highly educated adult, 25 years and over), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Less than High school
17.9
CI 9.8 / 30.5
SE 5.247
21.2
CI 10.0 / 39.2
SE 7.476
15.5
CI 9.9 / 23.3
SE 3.404
18.5
CI 12.0 / 27.3
SE 3.888
High school
22.4
CI 16.9 / 29.0
SE 3.089
34.0
CI 26.0 / 43.1
SE 4.397
24.7
CI 19.8 / 30.5
SE 2.726
24.5
CI 20.3 / 29.2
SE 2.288
Some college or Associate degree
26.6
CI 22.0 / 31.7
SE 2.488
32.4
CI 27.3 / 38.0
SE 2.721
31.8
CI 27.4 / 36.7
SE 2.379
32.6
CI 28.9 / 36.5
SE 1.936
4-year college degree or more
37.3
CI 34.6 / 40.2
SE 1.431
40.5
CI 37.6 / 43.4
SE 1.475
41.5
CI 39.3 / 43.8
SE 1.174
42.3
CI 40.3 / 44.3
SE 1.007

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
<100
23.1
CI 17.7 / 29.5
SE 2.994
29.0
CI 22.4 / 36.5
SE 3.603
24.4
CI 19.5 / 30.0
SE 2.663
25.6
CI 21.5 / 30.2
SE 2.207
100-199
28.4
CI 23.2 / 34.2
SE 2.801
34.8
CI 28.6 / 41.5
SE 3.287
33.7
CI 28.6 / 39.3
SE 2.728
30.7
CI 26.0 / 35.9
SE 2.462
200-399
33.3
CI 29.3 / 37.6
SE 2.120
35.6
CI 31.1 / 40.4
SE 2.361
35.8
CI 32.5 / 39.3
SE 1.739
36.1
CI 33.1 / 39.2
SE 1.545
400+
36.3
CI 33.0 / 39.9
SE 1.765
41.2
CI 37.0 / 45.6
SE 2.173
40.4
CI 37.5 / 43.4
SE 1.509
42.8
CI 40.0 / 45.6
SE 1.407

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Health insurance status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Insured
32.0
CI 29.8 / 34.4
SE 1.169
37.2
CI 34.7 / 39.8
SE 1.305
36.0
CI 34.1 / 38.0
SE 0.991
36.9
CI 35.3 / 38.6
SE 0.863
Private
35.4
CI 32.8 / 38.1
SE 1.361
40.8
CI 38.0 / 43.7
SE 1.452
39.6
CI 37.4 / 41.8
SE 1.116
41.4
CI 39.4 / 43.4
SE 0.999
Public
27.2
CI 23.3 / 31.6
SE 2.136
31.8
CI 27.0 / 36.9
SE 2.520
30.3
CI 26.8 / 34.1
SE 1.868
30.4
CI 27.4 / 33.5
SE 1.555
Uninsured
12.0
CI 6.6 / 21.0
SE 3.582
14.9
CI 9.5 / 22.8
SE 3.358
15.9
CI 10.5 / 23.2
SE 3.200
14.4
CI 9.7 / 20.8
SE 2.813

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Geographic location, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Metropolitan
30.9
CI 28.5 / 33.3
SE 1.232
36.4
CI 33.8 / 39.1
SE 1.368
35.5
CI 33.4 / 37.5
SE 1.050
35.7
CI 34.0 / 37.6
SE 0.915
Non-metropolitan
32.5
CI 27.5 / 38.0
SE 2.705
32.9
CI 27.7 / 38.6
SE 2.776
29.7
CI 26.0 / 33.6
SE 1.957
34.1
CI 30.8 / 37.6
SE 1.740

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Marital status (of parents, 18 years and over), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Married/​Cohabiting partner
34.2
CI 31.9 / 36.7
SE 1.241
38.7
CI 36.0 / 41.5
SE 1.410
37.7
CI 35.6 / 39.8
SE 1.057
38.5
CI 36.7 / 40.3
SE 0.920
Divorced, separated, widowed
16.9
CI 10.4 / 26.4
SE 4.071
31.5
CI 19.9 / 45.9
SE 6.779
19.3
CI 12.8 / 27.9
SE 3.841
38.1
CI 27.9 / 49.6
SE 5.617
Never married
23.4
CI 16.3 / 32.4
SE 4.127
31.0
CI 23.4 / 39.8
SE 4.235
25.4
CI 19.4 / 32.5
SE 3.338
22.3
CI 17.6 / 27.9
SE 2.617

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Country of birth (of parents), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
US
35.8
CI 33.2 / 38.4
SE 1.320
39.8
CI 37.1 / 42.7
SE 1.438
38.5
CI 36.4 / 40.7
SE 1.110
38.6
CI 36.8 / 40.5
SE 0.956
Outside US
24.2
CI 19.9 / 29.0
SE 2.322
31.9
CI 26.3 / 38.1
SE 3.024
28.3
CI 24.2 / 32.8
SE 2.188
31.7
CI 28.0 / 35.6
SE 1.959

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Veteran status (of parents, 20 years and over), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Veteran
DNA
48.0
CI 37.4 / 58.8
SE 5.530
33.8
CI 27.2 / 41.2
SE 3.604
38.7
CI 32.0 / 46.0
SE 3.593
Non-veteran
DNA
37.5
CI 34.8 / 40.1
SE 1.354
35.9
CI 33.9 / 38.0
SE 1.035
36.8
CI 35.1 / 38.6
SE 0.900

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Disability status, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Disability status
DNA
DNA
DNA
DNA

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Sexual orientation (of mother), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Sexual orientation (of mother)
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Gender identity (of mother), 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Gender identity (of mother)
DNC
DNC
DNC
DNC

Children screened for autism and other developmental delays by Special health care needs, 2016-17 to 2022-23 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21 2022-23
Yes
37.6
CI 30.4 / 45.5
SE 3.891
41.0
CI 33.8 / 48.6
SE 3.788
41.7
CI 35.4 / 48.4
SE 3.335
48.9
CI 44.5 / 53.4
SE 2.294
No
30.1
CI 27.9 / 32.5
SE 1.172
35.3
CI 32.8 / 37.9
SE 1.323
33.9
CI 32.0 / 35.9
SE 0.993
33.6
CI 31.9 / 35.4
SE 0.884

Disparity