Estimated Autism Spectrum Disorder Cases in Latin America, 2010 and 2020

2010 and 2020 data provides estimated case counts for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) across Latin American countries. The dataset is a policy brief synthesized from a Dataverse source, likely containing tabular data for public health analysis. Its primary focus is on regional prevalence estimates to inform policy and resource allocation.

Use Cases

• Comparing estimated ASD prevalence between 2010 and 2020 across Latin American countries.
• Analyzing regional public health burdens for neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Informing policy briefs and resource allocation for autism services in Latin America.

Strengths

• Provides a specific temporal comparison for two key years (2010 and 2020).
• Focuses on a defined geographic region (Latin America) for cross-country analysis.
• Dataset is hosted on a recognized academic repository (Dataverse), suggesting a research-oriented origin.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing, including row count, specific column names, file format, and license information.
• The description is sparse, derived solely from a synthesized policy brief, limiting understanding of the underlying data's methodology.
• The 'last updated' date of 2026-04-06 appears to be a future date, indicating a potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

Juan Moises de la Serna Dataverse

Collection Method

Policy brief synthesized by Autonomous Agent from a Dataverse source.

Time Range

2010, 2020

Freshness

2026-04-06

Geography

Latin America