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Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Jun 17;146(1):e20192623. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2623

Table 1. Global and Regional Age-Specific Prevalence of and YLD for Epilepsy in 2017.

No. (95% UI)
1–4 y 5–9 y 10–14 y 15–19 y <20 y
High-income North America
  Prevalence 131 803 (107432–159399) 199 970 (157 616–246 093) 216420 (168 746–265 722) 216711 (171 356–265789) 789737 (632 514–948 176)
    Cases per 100000 767 (625–927) 890 (701–1095) 920 (717–1129) 920 (727–1128) 867 (695–1041)
  YLD 51 974 (37 050–69 051) 75 662 (53 611–104 677) 79999 (55802–109880) 77882 (54 747–107 040) 295570 (211 251–403410)
    Rate per 100 000 302 (216–402) 337 (238–466) 340 (237–467) 331 (232–454) 325 (232–443)
Western Europe
  Prevalence 126 468 (100 007–156 598) 188 957 (144 255–237 135) 196335 (151 269–242173 202926 (1 57 762–249 314) 739 764 (574 153–903 671)
    Cases per 100000 712 (563–882) 803 (613–1008) 845 (651–1042) 865 (673–1063) 802 (622–979)
  YLD 48 964 (34429–67 257) 70 905 (49 050–98 578) 72145 (49296–98731) 72 754 (50 216–100 092) 274 710 (192 230–373 788)
    Rate per 100 000 276 (194–379) 301 (209–419) 310 (212–425) 310 (214–427) 298 (208–405)
Central Europe, Eastern
  Europe, and Central Asia
  Prevalence 189 861 (156 308–226 756) 275 179 (221 331–336 004) 256 698 (207 995–311 453) 247 331 (203 706–297 748) 1 004098 (839 357–1 194942)
    Cases per 100000 837 (689–1000) 1001 (805–1222) 1066 (864–1293) 1083 (892–1304) 980 (820–1167)
  YLD 83 351 (60 394–108 332) 117909 (86 351–153 388) 108160 (78 760–144448) 102209 (75 128–136 169) 427 137 (315 890–554 788)
    Rate per 100000 368 (266–478) 429 (314–558) 449 (327–600) 448 (329–596) 417 (308–542)
Latin America and the Caribbean
  Prevalence 449 630 (370 510–548 055) 575 028 (459 495–713 720) 609379 (483 554–749 149) 672 801 (550 138–818 731) 2 420 438 (1 972 412–2917913)
    Cases per 100000 1106 (911 –1348) 1163 (929–1443) 1237 (981–1521) 1347 (1101–1639) 1213 (988–1462)
  YLD 196 721 (145 687–256 747) 245 611 (178 296–324 113) 253267 (184956–339349) 267238 (198 161–357 961) 1 013 135 (747 175–1338725)
    Rate per 100000 484 (358–631) 497 (361–655) 514 (375–689) 535 (397–717) 508 (374–671)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
  Prevalence 737 521 (605 450–893 982) 945 540 (750 994–1 164 348) 958185 (773 663–1 184098) 962 589 (783 522–1 177 510) 3 793 040 (3141 571–4560916)
    Cases per 100000 664 (545–804) 701 (557–863) 703 (567–868) 692 (563–846) 687 (569–826)
  YLD 331 971 (248 485–440 416) 420 846 (308 919–561 459) 423461 (308930–564083) 419 264 (308 153–556 904) 1 681 681 (1267440–2163937)
    Rate per 100000 299 (224–396) 312 (229–416) 310 (227–414) 301 (221–400) 305 (230–392)
South Asia
  Prevalence 1 134129 (892519–1 402382) 1 592310 (1216 048–2021 679) 1 626 659 (1 248 656–2 046 161) 1 626 693 (1 279 219–2 022 196) 6 207 938 (5071 432–7483407)
    Cases per 100000 804 (633–994) 889 (679–1129) 915 (702–1151) 914 (719–1136) 875 (715–1055)
  YLD 547600 (384538–732918) 760878 (545 412–1 049 013) 772 626 (562 422–1 054172) 760804 (549 690–1 019 818) 2 952 475 (2180425–3869281)
    Rate per 100 000 388 (273–519) 425 (304–586) 434 (316–593) 428 (309–573) 416 (307–545)
Sub-Saharan Africa
  Prevalence 1 324612 (1 044953–1 668665) 1 445 699 (1 089 817–1 874924) 1 327 538 (1 012 314–1 723 209) 1 174 404 (905 551–1 483 284) 5 610 340 (4407396–7044475)
    Cases per 100000 1027 (810–1294) 980 (739–1271) 1017 (776–1321) 1062 (819–1341) 1016 (799–1276)
  YLD 631 083 (455159–836628) 654 829 (453 942–909 475) 594 123 (408 058–828 262) 513862 (358 361–705 617) 2 561 263 (1 817398–3446823)
    Rate per 100 000 489 (353–649) 444 (308–617) 455 (313–635) 465 (324–638) 464 (329–624)
North Africa and the Middle East
  Prevalence 529020 (425793–647712) 605 404 (476 471–745 640) 513 903 (406 382–628 706) 439 954 (351 097–534 851) 2216563 (1 779 281–2 654 106)
    Cases per 100000 1025 (825–1255) 980 (771–1207) 908 (718–1111) 838 (669–1019) 942 (756–1128)
  YLD 236221 (173908–315055) 264 780 (193 166–360 277) 224 422 (163 680–298 144) 190429 (137 334–255 005) 975171 (719368–1 300 365)
    Rate per 100000 458 (337–611) 429 (313–583) 397 (289–527) 363 (262–486) 415 (306–553)
Global
  Prevalence 4704742 (3906017–5688824) 5951 176 (4 780 635–7 281 786) 5 825 559 (4 699 604–7 042 917) 5 674377 (4 682 960–6 831 607) 23251 109 (19477175–27607857
    Cases per 100000 867 (720–1048) 900 (723–1101) 916 (739–1107) 920 (760–1108) 896 (751–1064)
  YLD 2161 753 (1 622637–2784049) 2 661 547 (1 961 247–3478308) 2 576 792 (1 943 858–3 419 294) 2 456 333 (1 856830–3223372) 10371 105 (7852990–13253967)
    Rate per 100000 398 (299–513) 403 (297–526) 405 (306–537) 398 (301–523) 400 (303–511)