Table 6. Types of seizure among patients with epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.

	Year	People with epilepsy	Proportion of patients with seizures of type							EEG
			GTC	Absence	PS	PC	PSG	Other	Not classified
South Africa34	2000	49	96%	..	4%	..	..	..	..	No
Benin46	2000	66	68%	6%	6%	..	14%	6%	..	Yes
Benin37	2003	11	37%	18%	18%	9%	..	18%	..	No
Benin38	2012	105	80%	..	6%	..	14%	..	..	Yes
Burkina Faso25	1993	177	71%	..	13%	16%	..	..	..	No
Burundi78	2005	249	59%	..	..	..	31%	8%	2%	Yes
Burundi79	2007	191	39%	..	61%	..	..	..	<1%	Yes
Cameroon80	2004	125	86%	..	4%	..	..	9%	1%	No
Cameroon61	2008	19	52%	..	..	16%	32%	..	..	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayama)81	1995	20	80%	5%	..	..	15%	..	..	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kibouend)81	1995	24	92%	..	4%	..	..	4%	..	No
Ethiopia82	1990	316	75%	<1%	14%	..	6%	..	5%	Yes
Ethiopia52	2006	82	82%	..	..	3%	6%	9%	..	No
The Gambia30	2002	69	48%	..	2%	6%	36%	8%	..	No
Kenya83	1991	302	59%	..	..	..	38%	3%	..	No
Kenya29	1994	30	53%	..	3%	17%	7%	..	20%	NA
Kenya27	2008	110	33%	4%	9%	7%	32%	13%	2%	Yes
Mali43	2000	70	67%	7%	..	..	18%	..	8%	No
Central African Republic84	1999	208	95%	..	1%	4%	..	..	..	NA
Senegal39	1986	64	60%	8%	16%	..	5%	6%	5%	No
Senegal44	2007	64	78%	..	3%	5%	14%	..	..	NA
Tanzania23	1992	207	57%	1%	1%	9%	22%	..	10%	No
Tanzania25	2009	83	54%	..	1%	..	22%	..	23%	No
Uganda85	2000	91	63%	..	24%	..	..	..	13%	Yes
Tanzania63	2012	112	17%	1%	2%	10%	64%	3%	3%	Yes
Tanzania 64	2012	291	2%	..	72%	..	..	..	26%	Yes
Uganda65	2010	395	61%	..	6%	27%	..	6%	..	Yes

GTC=generalised tonic-clonic. PS=partial simple. PC=partial complex. PSG=partial secondarily generalised. NA=not available.