TABLE 1.

Status epilepticus characteristics of the Kivalliq Region (2009‐2020)

Age		Etiology						EEG test location
Years	n	#	Per evacuation	%	#	Per capita	%	#		Per evacuation (%)	Per capita (%)
16‐20	13	1	Self‐Harm / Substances	22.2	1	Idiopathic	22.2	1	ED	59.8	60.6
21‐30	24	2	Idiopathic	20.5	2	Self‐Harm/Substances	21.2	2	Ward d	17.9	16.2
31‐40	13	3	Epilepsy	18.8	3	Hemorrhagic Stroke	20.2	3	ICU	14.5	14.1
41‐50	17	4	Hemorrhagic Stroke	16.2	4	Systemic Illness a	19.2	4	Other e	7.7	9.1
51‐60	15	5	Systemic Illness a	15.4	5	Epilepsy	16.2
61‐70	6	6	ASM Nonadherence	14.5	6	Ischemic Stroke	14.1
71‐80	10	7	Ischemic Stroke	12	6	Traumatic	14.1
81‐84	1	8	Traumatic	11.1	8	Metabolic b	12.1
		9	Metabolic b	10.3	9	ASM Nonadherence	11.1
		10	Cerebral Infection	3.4	10	Cerebral Infection	4
		10	Pregnancy	3.4	10	Pregnancy	4
		12	Genetic c	2.6	12	Genetic c	2
		13	Radiation Necrosis	1.7	13	Radiation Necrosis	1

The sum of all percentages exceeds 100%, as patients were often evacuated for operational SE attributable to more than one etiology.

Abbreviation: #, rank; ASM, antiseizure medication; ED, emergency department; EEG, electroencephalogram; ICU, intensive care unit.

^a Multi‐organ failure, sepsis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, asthma, sickle cell anemia, vasculitis, lupus.

^b Hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia.

^c CADASIL, PARK2 mutation of unknown significance.

^d Internal medicine ward.

^e High observation unit, stepdown unit, or neurosurgical ward.