Table 1. Prevalence of epilepsy for lifetime and active epilepsy in children during 2001/2 survey by sex and age, per 1000, with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses.
| Age (Years) |
Number resident in study area |
Number with epilepsy |
Number with active epilepsy |
Adjusted Prevalence Lifetime Epilepsy* |
Adjusted Prevalence Active Epilepsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2940 | 33 | 10 | 35.8 (19.5-55.3) |
8.7 (1.1-16.3) |
| 7 | 2493 | 24 | 9 | 31.7 (14.4-49.0) |
12.6 (2.0-23.2) |
| 8 | 2391 | 28 | 8 | 42.0 (22.4-61.6) |
11.9 (1.8-22.0) |
| 9 | 2394 | 25 | 8 | 43.5 (24.0-63.0) |
8.0 (0.0-16.0) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 5160 | 54 | 17 | 37.0 (24.0-49.0) |
7.5 (2.3-12.7) |
| Female | 5058 | 56 | 18 | 45.0 (30.0-59.0) |
12.2 (5.1-19.3) |
| Total | 10218 | 110 | 35 | 41.0 (31.0-51.0) |
11.0 (5.0-15.0) |
*
Includes both active and inactive epilepsy