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Prevalence, incidence, and classification of epilepsy in the Faroes
Author(s) -
Joensen Poul
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb04642.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , incidence (geometry) , medicine , pediatrics , population , retrospective cohort study , demography , surgery , psychiatry , environmental health , mathematics , geometry , sociology
In a retrospective study covering 11 years (1970‐80) the annual incidence of epilepsy in the isolated population of the Faroes (approx. 43,000 inhabitants) was found to be 42 per 100,000. The prevalence of all types of epileptic seizures has been found to be 763 per 100,000 on prevalence day, December 31, 1980. The relative frequency of different types of epilepsy in accordance with the International Classification of Epilepsies (1969) is reported.