The number of Scottish primary schoolchildren diagnosed
with autism has risen by 18 per cent
in a year. The increase has prompted fresh calls for independent research
into possible links with the MMR vaccine.
The number of children aged under 12 with the condition
increased by 120 in a
year, taking the total to 778 in Scotland, according to latest
statistics.
About 54,000 children under two years old were vaccinated
with the MMR in Scotland last year, which amounts to 92.9 per cent of
the total.
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