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Parents reported physician or other health care professional diagnoses of attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder; autism spectrum disorder; blindness; cerebral palsy; moderate to profound hearing loss; learning disability; intellectual disability; seizures; stuttering or stammering; and other developmental delays. Weighted percentages for each of the selected developmental disabilities and any developmental disability were calculated and stratified by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From 2009 to 2011 and 2015 to 2017, there were overall significant increases in the prevalence of any developmental disability (16.2%\u201317.8%, P &amp;lt; .001), attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (8.5%\u20139.5%, P &amp;lt; .01), autism spectrum disorder (1.1%\u20132.5%, P &amp;lt; .001), and intellectual disability (0.9%\u20131.2%, P &amp;lt; .05), but a significant decrease for any other developmental delay (4.7%\u20134.1%, P &amp;lt; .05). The prevalence of any developmental disability increased among boys, older children, non-Hispanic white and Hispanic children, children with private insurance only, children with birth weight \u22652500 g, and children living in urban areas and with less-educated mothers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of developmental disability among US children aged 3 to 17 years increased between 2009 and 2017. 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