Table 2.

Clinical characteristics among people with epilepsy (n=169)

	Number (%)
Physical stigmata of epilepsy present*	63 (37%)
Median age epilepsy developed, years (IQR)†	6 (10–28)
Experiences generalised tonic-clonic seizures	81 (48%)
Seizure frequency
<1 per month	77 (46%)
1–3 per month	60 (36%)
1 per week	11 (7%)
>1 per week	20 (12%)
Experiences an aura	136 (80%)
Reports a history of seizure-related injury	67 (40%)
Disclosure status (Do people in your community know you have epilepsy?)
Yes, because I told them	8 (5%)
Yes, because others told them or they saw me have a seizure	147 (87%)
No	14 (8%)

Data are number (%) unless otherwise specified.

^*Interviewer assessment.

^†See the figure for distribution.