Table 1.

Demographics of the cohort including sex, age, and ethnicity of Brazilian participants. The under-18 years’ responses correspond to caregivers completing the caregiver survey for children with epilepsy.

	People with epilepsy	Caregivers	Healthcare workers
N	48	53	140
Sex
Female (% within group)	28 (58%)	30 (57%)	86 (61%)
Age group in years (%)
<18		12 (23%)
18–29	10 (21%)	10 (19%)	27 (19%)
30–39	16 (33%)	8 (15%)	50 (36%)
40–49	7 (15%)	9 (17%)	34 (24%)
50–59	10 (21%)	8 (15%)	21 (15%)
>60	5 (10%)	6 (11%)	8 (6%)
Minority ethnic group (%)
Yes	4 (8%)	7 (13%)
	34 (71%)	28 (53%)
Not sure	8 (17%)	10 (19%)
Prefer not to say	2 (4%)	8 (15%)