The Age at Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children in Japan

Table 1

Characteristics of JMDC clinical data.

	Number of medical institutions^†1		No. of JMDC-contracted medical institutions		JMDC coverage
	Hospital^†2	Clinic^†3	Hospital^†2	Clinic^†3	Hospital^†2	Clinic^†3
2009	8,739	99,635	7,398	81,779	84.7%	82.1%
2010	8,670	99,824	7,556	84,558	87.2%	84.7%
2011	8,605	99,547	7,641	87,127	88.8%	87.5%
2012	8,565	100,152	7,658	86,582	89.4%	86.5%
2013	8,540	100,528	7,529	84,384	88.2%	83.9%

Number of medical facilities according to a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare survey. ^†2Medical facilities with 20 or more beds. ^†3Medical facilities with 0–19 beds.