Table 1:

Demographic and clinical characteristics

		Adults (n = 130)		Children (< 18) (n = 42)
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Female	70	54	24	57
	Male	60	46	18	43
Age (years)	≤ 12	--	--	17	40
	13–17	--	--	25	60
	18–30	95	73	--	--
	31–60	29	22	--	--
	> 60	6	5	--	--
Community size (number of people)	< 1,000	32	25	8	19
	1,000 to < 10,000	30	24	16	38
	10,000 to < 100,000	13	10	3	7
	≥ 100,000	52	41	15	36
Employment	Student	30	23	29	69
	Employed	56	43	1	2
	Household work	7	5	--	--
	Unemployed or out of school	37	28	12	29
Duration of epilepsy at time of enrollment (years)	< 1	8	6	8	19
	1–5	48	37	17	40
	6–10	37	28	6	14
	> 10	37	28	11	26
Time from symptom onset to diagnosis (years)	< 1	64	52	25	64
	1–2	33	27	7	18
	3–5	17	14	2	5
	> 5	10	8	5	13
Seizure frequency	Remission (no seizures in ≥ 1 year)	23	18	2	5
	< 1 seizure per month	66	51	20	48
	1–3 seizures per month	13	10	5	12
	1–6 seizures per week	22	17	8	19
	Daily seizures, mean	6	5	7	17
Number of anti-seizure medications presently used	None	6	5	5	12
	1	96	74	31	74
	2	24	18	5	12
	≥ 3	4	3	1	2
Travel time to local health center	< 30 minutes	17	43	7	54
	30 minutes to 1 hour	16	40	1	8
	> 1 to 4 hours	5	13	4	31
	5 hours to 1 day	2	5	--	--
	2 to 3 days	--	--	1	8
Travel time to main hospital/epilepsy clinic (JDWNRH)	< 30 minutes	53	42	14	35
	30 minutes to 1 hour	22	17	6	15
	> 1 to 4 hours	27	21	9	23
	5 hours to 1 day	21	17	8	20
	2 to 3 days	4	3	3	8