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Table 1 Estimated number of admissions, visits and cost of outpatient treatment services among clients with FASD by age groups and sex in Ontario and Canada in 2010/11

From: Cost of specialized addiction treatment of clients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Canada

Gender	Age group														Cost
	14 and under	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70 and over	All ages	Lower estimate	Upper estimate
Clients with FASD in Ontario
Number of admissions
Male	<6	15	13	11	12	11	13	13	10	7	<6	<6	<6	112
Female	<6	10	11	13	13	12	11	12	8	<6	<6	<6	<6	99
*Total*	<6	25	24	24	25	23	24	25	18	11	6	<6	<6	*212*
Number of visits
Male	17	98	91	93	124	124	143	137	111	90	29	14	7	1,078	$64,670	$117,484
Female	23	82	106	143	127	121	127	147	79	56	31	15	9	1,065	$63,914	$116,111
*Total*	40	*180*	*197*	*237*	*250*	*245*	*270*	*283*	*190*	*146*	60	29	16	*2,143*	*$128,585*	*$233,595*
Clients with FASD in Canada
Number of admissions
Male	6	38	32	29	31	29	34	33	26	18	8	<6	<6	290
Female	<6	26	30	34	32	30	28	31	20	12	6	<6	<6	256
*Total*	10	63	62	63	64	59	61	64	46	29	14	6	<6	*546*
Number of visits
Male	43	251	236	241	319	320	369	353	286	232	75	37	18	2,779	$166,759	$302,946
Female	59	212	272	370	326	312	327	378	204	145	81	38	22	2,747	$164,810	$299,405
*Total*	*102*	*463*	*508*	*610*	*645*	*632*	*696*	*731*	*490*	*377*	*156*	74	40	*5,526*	*$331,569*	*$602,350*

FASD: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Note. Cells with values less than 6 were redacted and replaced with "<6".

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