Table 1.
Epilepsy categories and sociodemographic characteristics–2010 National Health Interview Survey.
| Characteristics | No history of epilepsy (n = 26,659) |
History of epilepsy (n = 480) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 15,088 | 67.8 (66.9 – 68.8) | 315 | 77.7 (73.5 – 81.4) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 4,303 | 11.6 (11.0 – 12.3) | 83 | 11.1 (8.5 – 14.3) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5,103 | 14.1 (13.5 – 14.8) | 55 | 7.5 (5.6 – 9.8) |
| Other race | 2,165 | 6.4 (6.0 – 6.9) | 27 | 3.8 (2.3 – 6.3)* |
| Sex | ||||
| Males | 11,776 | 48.4 (47.6 – 49.2) | 201 | 45.9 (40.5 – 51.5) |
| Females | 14,883 | 51.6 (50.8 – 52.4) | 279 | 54.1 (48.5 – 59.5) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18 – 34 | 7,665 | 30.8 (30.0 – 31.7) | 108 | 27.9 (23.2 – 33.1) |
| 35 – 44 | 4,710 | 17.4(16.9 – 18.0) | 91 | 17.9 (14.0 – 22.5) |
| 45 – 64 | 8,913 | 34.8 (34.0 – 35.6) | 208 | 41.9 (36.9 – 47.1) |
| 65 + | 5,371 | 16.9 (16.3 – 17.6) | 73 | 12.3 (9.5 – 15.8) |
| Annual family income | ||||
| <$25,000 | 8,489 | 23.0 (22.2 – 23.9) | 248 | 41.8 (36.2 – 47.6) |
| $25,000 – $49,999 | 7,146 | 25.4(24.7 – 26.2) | 117 | 28.8 (24.0 – 34.3) |
| $50,000 – $74,999 | 4,360 | 18.1 (17.5 – 18.7) | 63 | 15.7 (11.8 – 20.5) |
| $75,000 + | 6,665 | 33.4(32.3 – 34.6) | 52 | 13.7 (10.2 – 18.2) |
Abbreviation: n, sample size; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval for weighted percentage.
*
This estimate has a relative standard error ≥20% and ≤30%.