Table 4. Incidence rates and ratios for age, sex, ethnicity, and area of residence for convulsive epilepsy in Kilifi, Kenya.

	Pyoa	Casesa	Incidence ratea	95% CI	Rate ratio	95% CI	p‐value
Age group
6–12	197,040	189	96.1	78.4–117.9	1.0		0.008
13–17	90,246	82	91.2	66.9–124.3	0.91	0.62–1.33
18–28	102,426	84	82.3	60.7–111.9	0.82	0.56–1.20
29–49	148,020	56	37.4	25.7–54.7	0.46	0.31–0.71
50+	85,272	68	79.6	56.6–111.9	0.86	0.57–1.28
Sex
Female	341,406	249	72.8	61.1–87.2	1.0		0.30
Male	281,598	230	81.9	67.9–98.6	1.2	0.9–1.5
Ethnicity
Giriama	268,206	210	78.2	64.4–95.1	1.0		0.65
Chonyi	218,370	158	72.6	58.0–90.7	0.94	0.69–1.27
Kauma	71,814	68	94.7	67.3–132.9	1.35	0.92–1.98
Other Mijikenda	33,864	29	85.0	50.4–143.6	0.98	0.54–1.78
Luo	3,390	0	0	–	0	–
Other	27,360	14	52.7	25.1–110.5	1.01	0.53–1.93
Area
Roka‐Matsangoni‐Mida	86,808	93	106.6	79.6–142.8	1.0		0.35
Ngerenya	37,962	29	75.9	44.9–128.2	0.65	0.35–1.20
Tezo	80,664	56	68.9	47.3–100.4	0.61	0.38–.098
Chonyi	126,204	93	73.5	54.7–98.4	0.63	0.41–0.95
Sokoke	23,070	25	107.0	60.7–188.5	0.82	0.41–1.62
Jaribuni	36,612	33	89.9	55.1–146.7	0.77	0.43–1.38
Junju	106,938	80	75.1	54.7–102.7	0.67	0.44–1.03
Takaungu	63,762	43	67.7	44.2–103.9	0.56	0.33–0.96
Kilifi Township	60,984	29	47.3	28.0–79.8	0.59	0.34–1.00

^aMeans estimated after adjustment for loss to follow‐up and sensitivity of the screening methodology.