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The Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935 Through 1967
Author(s) -
Hauser W. Allen,
Kurland Leonard T.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1975.tb04721.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , epidemiology , demography , medicine , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , pediatrics , psychiatry , mathematics , sociology , geometry
SUMMARY Other demographic studies of epilepsy have revealed mean annual incidence rates ranging from 17/100,000 (Sato, 1964) to 70/100,000 (Pond et al., 1960) and prevalence rates from 2.8/S, OOO to as high as 15/1,000. Comprehensive review of their methods indicates that, although rates may indeed differ among different populations, a major problem is the wide variation in the completeness of case ascertainment and the definitions of epilepsy used.