Citation

Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Lee JR, Rocca WA. Epilepsia 1995; 36(4): 327-333.

Affiliation

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7607110

Abstract

We determined the incidence of seizures due to acute CNS insults for residents of Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A., from 1935 through 1984. The age-adjusted incidence rates for 1955-1984, the period of most complete case ascertainment, was 39.0/100,000 person-years (United States 1970 population as standard). The age-adjusted incidence was considerably higher in men: 52.0 as compared with 29.5 in women. The 3.6% risk of experiencing an acute symptomatic seizure in an 80-year lifespan approaches that of developing epilepsy. The major causes of acute symptomatic seizures were traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular disease, drug withdrawal, and CNS infections. Each type of acute symptomatic seizure has age, gender, and time period patterns that reflect the occurrence of the underlying cause.

Language: en