Table 1.

Patient demographics

	Surgical group	Comparison group	p value (significant findings)
N (females)	590 (322)	122 (66)
Mean/SD age at date of service* (years)	32.5 +/− 14.6	36.2 +/− 14.5
Mean age of epilepsy onset (years)	12.9	16.9	< 0.01
Mean follow-up (years)	12.9	8.9	< 0.001
Total patient-years	7371.7	1096
Total deaths	34	13
SUDEP deaths	14	5
SUDEP rate (per 1000 patient-years)	1.9	4.6	0.04

^*Date of service is defined as date of surgery in the surgical group and date of surgical case conference in the comparison group.