Table 1. Age-specific prevalence rates of epilepsy in Titule, Bas-Uélé District, Northern Congo.
Age (years) | Population of Household sample | N° of patients with epilepsy | Epilepsy prevalence (%) | For comparison: Age-specific rates from Western Uganda, 1994[25] |
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> 40 | 507 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
30–39 | 315 | 6 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
20–29 | 435 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
10–19 | 701 | 33 | 4.7 | 8.3 |
< 10 | 948 | 3 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
All ages | 2906 | 67 | 2.3 | 3.0 |