Table 1 Demographic data of patients seen on initial assessment visit with CDAS

Gender

Male

Female

1732 (73.7)

618 (26.3)

Age at presentation (months)*

51 (41-61)

Age group

<3 years

3-5 years

>5 years

311 (13.2)

1438 (61.1)

605 (25.7)

Country of birth

Australia

Outside Australia

2097 (89.6)

257 (10.4)

Indigenous Status

Indigenous status

Non-Indigenous status

130 (5.9)

2086 (94.1)

Culturally and linguistically diverse

Yes

No

1389 (64.0)

782 (36.0)

Ethnicity

Arabic

Asian

African

Hispanic

Mixed

Pacific Islander

Caucasian

Unknown

309 (15.9)

636 (32.7)

57 (2.9)

21 (1.1)

190 (9.8)

50 (2.6)

584 (19.8)

408 (21.0)

In out-of-home care

52 (2.2)

Known to Department of Communities and Justice

64 (2.7)

Refugee or Asylum

40 (1.7)

Year seen

2018 (from August)

2019

2020

2021

2022 (until September)

177 (7.5)

679 (28.8)

577 (24.5)

592 (25.1)

29 (14.0)

Facility seen

A

B

C

D

E

265 (11.3)

87 (3.7)

960 (40.8)

328 (13.9)

714 (30.3)

Priority allocated data

Priority 1

Priority 2

Priority 3

768 (34.4)

890 (39.8)

577 (25.8)

Index of relative socio-economic disadvantage

Decile 1-2

Decile 3-4

Decile 5-6

Decile 7-8

Decile 9-10

1107 (47.0)

371 (15.8)

270 (11.5)

215 (9.1)

319 (13.6)

Diagnosis

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Global Developmental Delay

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Global Developmental Delay

Intellectual Disability

Specific Language Impairment

Average

Not available

462 (23.6)

655 (33.1)

581 (29.4)

15 (0.8)

65 (3.3)

113 (5.7)

87 (4.4)

Level of Delay

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Profound

Significant

Above average and average

Borderline and low average

537 (27.5)

537 (27.5)

214 (11.0)

15 (0.77)

170 (8.7)

273 (14.0)

208 (10.6)