Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

[powerwalker]

Hello, anders, my prayers goes out to you and your family, especially the one with autism.

Early on in my DD years ago on Anavex, I thought 2-73 would benefit those children and adults with this dread affliction. If it were to benefit them, it would be the second largest market, I believe.

Why you probably know many of the stats, anders, I want to post these statistics from the Autism Society for others to be aware of the number of people effected by autism:

About 1 percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder. (CDC, 2014)

Prevalence in the United States is estimated at 1 in 68 births. (CDC, 2014)

More than 3.5 million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder. (Buescher et al., 2014)

Prevalence of autism in U.S. children increased by 119.4 percent from 2000 (1 in 150) to 2010 (1 in 68). (CDC, 2014) Autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability. (CDC, 2008)

Prevalence has increased by 6-15 percent each year from 2002 to 2010. (Based on biennial numbers from the CDC)

Autism services cost U.S. citizens $236-262 billion annually. (Buescher et al., 2014)

A majority of costs in the U.S. are in adult services – $175-196 billion, compared to $61-66 billion for children. (Buescher et al., 2014)

The U.S. cost of autism over the lifespan is about $2.4 million for a person with an intellectual disability, or $1.4 million for a person without intellectual disability. (Buescher et al., 2014)