The Picard Maneuver to Map [email protected] • 14 hours ago"Hot spot" map of prevalence of autism spectrum disorder by countyimagemessage-square44arrow-up183arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1image"Hot spot" map of prevalence of autism spectrum disorder by countyThe Picard Maneuver to Map [email protected] • 14 hours agomessage-square44file-text
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Hot-Spot-Analysis-for-the-Estimated-Proportion-of-Children-with-ASD-County-Level_fig2_370523386
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish13•13 hours agoCould also be effects of air pollution or something. There’s not enough information to tell. But yeah, maps like this are almost always cities doing things differently than rural areas.
minus-square@ChonkyOwlbearlink4•9 hours agoCould represent genetic distribution. Autism is heritable.
minus-square@Blue_Morpholink9•13 hours agoThe middle of nowhere Montana has more pollution than downtown Dallas?
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish3•12 hours agoWell the point was more “unknown environmental effects” rather than air pollution specifically.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•13 hours agoYeah. Could also be that spending time outside also helps. (The causation might be reversed though).
Could also be effects of air pollution or something. There’s not enough information to tell.
But yeah, maps like this are almost always cities doing things differently than rural areas.
Could represent genetic distribution. Autism is heritable.
The middle of nowhere Montana has more pollution than downtown Dallas?
Well the point was more “unknown environmental effects” rather than air pollution specifically.
Isn’t the oil industry doing stuff up in Montana?
Yeah. Could also be that spending time outside also helps. (The causation might be reversed though).