Table 2.
Demographics of Screened Patients With First Seizure at Age Older Than 55 Within the Past 3 Years, by 7 Most Common Etiologies
| Unknown | Ischemic stroke | Provoked | Hemorrhagic | Neoplasm | CNS surgery | Neurodegenerative | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N, (%) | 601 (29.9) | 310 (15.4) | 300 (14.9) | 199 (9.9) | 149 (7.4) | 109 (5.4) | 107 (5.3) | |
| Age, median (IQR) | 70 (63–76) | 71 (64–79) | 68 (62–75) | 73 (66–79) | 68.5 (61–76) | 66 (60–73) | 80.5 (74–87) | <0.001 |
| Sex (%) | ||||||||
| Men | 311 (51.9) | 173 (55.8) | 151 (50.5) | 126 (63.3) | 71 (47.7) | 53 (48.6) | 43 (40.2) | 0.002 |
| Women | 288 (48.1) | 137 (44.2) | 145 (48.5) | 72 (36.2) | 78 (52.3) | 56 (51.4) | 64 (59.8) | |
| Race (%) | ||||||||
| Unknown/not recorded | 79 (13.1) | 78 (25.2) | 52 (17.3) | 26 (13.1) | 19 (12.8) | 11 (10.1) | 25 (23.4) | <0.001 |
| More than 1 | 3 (0.5) | 3 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | |
| White | 423 (70.4) | 142 (45.8) | 187 (62.3) | 136 (68.3) | 101 (67.8) | 80 (73.4) | 48 (44.9) | |
| NHOPI | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Black/AA | 80 (13.3) | 79 (25.5) | 54 (18.0) | 30 (15.1) | 22 (14.8) | 16 (14.7) | 28 (26.2) | |
| Asian | 14 (2.3) | 7 (2.3) | 5 (1.7) | 6 (3.0) | 6 (4.0) | 2 (1.8) | 4 (3.7) | |
| AIAN | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | |
| Primary language (%) | ||||||||
| English | 514 (85.5) | 239 (77.1) | 259 (86.3) | 170 (85.4) | 127 (85.2) | 97 (89.0) | 81 (75.7) | <0.001 |
| Spanish | 22 (3.7) | 28 (9.0) | 22 (7.3) | 9 (4.5) | 3 (2.0) | 2 (1.8) | 12 (11.2) | |
| Other | 65 (10.8) | 43 (13.9) | 19 (6.3) | 20 (10.1) | 19 (12.8) | 10 (9.2) | 14 (13.1) |
Abbreviations: AA = African American; AIAN = American Indian or Alaska Native; IQR = interquartile range; NHOPI = Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander.