Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with seizure requiring hospitalization eligible for study inclusion (n=1,762)

Characteristic
Age at index date, mean (s.d.)	35.2 (23.8)
Female, n (%)	936 (53.1)
Primary seizure diagnosis type, n (%)
Generalized	291 (16.5)
Partial	157 (8.9)
Other/unspecified	1314 (74.6)
No. different antiepileptic drugs dispensed during primary 43-day study period, mean (s.d.)	1.6 (0.9)
No. patients dispensed each antiepileptic drug during primary 43-day study period, n (% of all patients)
Carbamazepine	845 (48.0)
Phenytoin	698 (39.6)
Valproic acid	460 (26.1)
Clobazam	309 (17.5)
Clonazepam	180 (10.2)
Lamotrigine	129 (7.3)
Gabapentin	123 (7.0)
Topiramate	96 (5.4)