Table 1. Annual incidence of epilepsy for different operational definitions.
| Year | Incidence | Age-standardized incidence | AAPC, % | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criteria A | Criteria B | Criteria C | Criteria D | Criteria A | |||
| 2009 | 28.7 (14,258) | 86.8 (43,015) | 49.4 (24,498) | 24.6 (12,213) | 28.7 | 0.48 | <0.001* |
| 2010 | 30.7 (15,464) | 119.4 (59,997) | 64.8 (32,580) | 29.3 (14,783) | 30.3 | ||
| 2011 | 28.2 (14,261) | 116.0 (58,554) | 60.8 (30,716) | 27.5 (13,926) | 27.5 | ||
| 2012 | 29.3 (14,882) | 119.1 (60,313) | 60.7 (30,807) | 27.0 (13,715) | 28.2 | ||
| 2013 | 29.8 (15,155) | 122.1 (62,082) | 59.7 (60,427) | 25.1 (12,810) | 28.2 | ||
| 2014 | 31.1 (15,916) | 122.6 (62,560) | 57.1 (29,181) | 23.1 (11,845) | 29.1 | ||
| 2015 | 30.5 (15,634) | 118.6 (60,735) | 53.8 (27,593) | 22.0 (11,322) | 28.1 | ||
| 2016 | 31.2 (16,080) | 121.5 (62,398) | 54.5 (28,053) | 22.2 (11,461) | 28.5 | ||
| 2017 | 35.4 (18,228) | 132.9 (68,358) | 58.1 (29,959) | 24.4 (12,585) | 31.7 | ||
Annual incidence of epilepsy per 100,000 persons (numbers of incident cases) as estimated by applying criteria A–D (see main text).
*Statistical significance (p<0.05).
AAPC: average annual percentage change.