Table 5.

A comparison of epilepsy life time prevalence in nationwide scale in other countries/regions.

Study	Study year	Population size	Country/Region	Life-time prevalence (%)	Epilepsy types	Aetiologies
Beghi et al.6	2016	27,737,043	Global	0.6215	Idiopathic, Secondary	Meningitis, tetanus, malaria, cysticercosis, cystic echinococcosis, preterm birth complications, neonatal encephalopathy, neonatal sepsis, and neonatal haemolytic disease
Zack et al.29	2015	3,470,000	USA	1.2	Active	Not determined
Hamer et al.30	2009	634,566	Germany	0.91	Prevalence of patients receiving antiepileptic medication	Not determined
Serrano-Castro31	2012	1741	Spain	1.487	Partial seizure with/without secondary generalization, generalized tonic–clonic seizures, myoclonic seizures, idiopathic epilepsy, cryptogenic epilepsy	Not determined
Giussani et al.32	2011	912,458	Italy	0.79	Not determined	Not determined
Keränen et al.33	1989	2080	Eastern Finland	0.63	Active epilepsy, secondary to organic causes, generalized seizure, partial seizure, unclassified seizure	Not clarified
Joensen34	1986	43,609	Faroes, Denmark	0.78	Generalized epilepsy including primary (grand mal, petit mal, juvenile myoclonus) and secondary (west syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome), partial seizure	Not determined
Olafsson et al.35	1999	428	Rural Iceland	0.48	Partial seizure (simple partial, complex partial, partial secondarily generalized), primary generalized seizure (absence, myoclonic with or without other types, major motor seizure alone), other major motor seizures without aura, not classified	Idiopathic, remote symptomatic (cerebrovascular disease, MR/CP, infections, trauma), progressive symptomatic (primary and metastatic neoplasms), degenerative diseases (dementia)
Forsgren36	1992	713	Northern Sweden	0.55	Partial seizure (simple, complex, secondarily generalized), generalized seizure (tonic–clonic, myoclonic, absence, other), unclassifiable	Ischemic and haemorrhagic cerebrovascular disorders, trauma, tumour, infections, pre/perinatal asphyxia, prematurity, chromosomal aberration (Down syndrome, fragile X, (46XX, 13q +)), Rett syndrome, idiopathic
Onal et al.37	1999	2187	Rural areas of Istanbul, Turkey	0.8	Partial, generalized, unclassifiable	Not determined
Aziz et al.38	1997	24,130	Pakistan	0.99	Generalized tonic–clonic, simple partial, complex partial, generalized, absence, tonic and atonic, myoclonic	Idiopathic, past history of meningitis, encephalitis, neonatal jaundice, neonatal convulsions, hypertension, ischemic heart disease
Radhakrishnan et al.39	2000	238,102	Kerala, South India	0.49	Generalized, other	Not determined
Al Rajeh et al.40	2001	23,700	Saudi Arabia	0.654	Partial, generalized	Pre/perinatal encephalopathy, head injury, childhood neurological infection, stroke, febrile
Li et al.41	1983	63,195	China	0.44	Generalized nonconvulsive (akinetic, atonic), Generalized convulsive (grand mal), Partial epilepsy (with or without impairment consciousness, Multiple types	Brain injury, intracranial infection, and cerebrovascular disease
Guekht et al.42	2010	517,624	Russia	0.34	Generalized (Myoclonic,Atonic, Absence, Tonic, Tonic—clonic) Partial seizures (simple, Complex, Partial (simple and/ or complex) evolving to generalized)	Head injuries, cerebrovascular diseases, CNS infection, Pre/perinatal disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, tumours, unknown
Osuntokun et al.43	1982	18,954	Igbo-Ora, Nigeria	0.5	Generalized (Tonic–clonic, Petit mal,Grand mal, Partial (Simple, Complex),Unclassified	Not determined
Tekle-Haimanot et al.44	1986–1988	60,820	Meskan and Mareko, Ethiopia	0.52	Generalized tonic–clonic seizures, Partial, absence, unclassified	Not determined
Rwiza et al.45	1989	18,000	Ulanga, Tanzania	1.02	Partial (Simple, Complex, secondarily generalized), generalized (Absence, Tonic–clonic, Myoclonic, Tonic, Atonic), Unclassifiable	Idiopathic, Febrile convulsion, Unspecified encephalitis, Birth trauma, Cerebral malaria, Meningitis, Head trauma, Cerebrovascular disease, Suspected tumour
Birbeck et al.46	2000–2001	799		1.45	Not determined	Not determined