Table 3.
Individuals screened for epilepsy and prevalence of confirmed cases by gender, village and ethnic group
| Village | Population enrolled | Epilepsy cases (%) by sex | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Males (%) | Suspected epilepsy (%) | No. examined (%) | Epilepsy cases (%) | χ2-test (P-value) | Male | Female | χ2-test (P-value) | |
| Matumbala | 972 | 431(44.3) | 44 (4.5) | 44 (100) | 16 (1.65) 1.26a | – | 7 (1.62) | 9 (1.66) | 0.002 (0.962) |
| Vigoi | 1646 | 741(45.0) | 50 (3.04) | 49 (98.0) | 23 (1.40) 1.26a | 0.26 (0.612) | 12 (1.62) | 11 (1.22) | 0.482 (0.487) |
| Mdindo | 941 | 447(47.5) | 56 (5.9) | 55 (98.2) | 33 (3.51) 3.71a | 6.63 (0.010) | 17 (3.80) | 16 (3.24) | 0.221 (0.638) |
| Msogezi | 1558 | 774(49.7) | 94 (6.0) | 91 (96.8) | 55 (3.53) | 7.79 (0.005) | 26 (3.36) | 29 (3.70) | 0.407 (0.523) |
| Ethnic group | |||||||||
| Wapogoro | 4751 | 234 (4.9) | 119 (2.51) | ||||||
| Wangoni | 54 | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.85) | ||||||
| Wahehe | 42 | 2 (4.8) | 2 (4.76) | ||||||
| Wandamba | 32 | 1 (3.1) | 1(3.13) | ||||||
| Wandendeule | 17 | 2 (11.8) | 2 (11.77) | ||||||
| Wazigua | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.21) | ||||||
| Others | 212 | 4 (0.9) | 0 (0) | ||||||
| Total | 5117 | 2393 (46.8) | 244 (4.8) | 239 (97.9) | 127 (2.48) | 61 (2.59) | 66 (2.39) | 0.132 (0.716) | |
aEpilepsy prevalence ratio observed in 1989 survey by Rwiza et al. where Matumbala was part of Vigoi Village