Epilepsy in Rural Kentucky: Prevalence in a Population of School Age Children
- 1 February 1978
- Vol. 19 (1), 75-80
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1978.tb05014.x
Abstract
Seizure prevalence among school age children residing in a rural western Kentucky area (Hardin County) [USA] was determined utilizing a method designed to minimize false positives and to allow estimation of false negatives. The observed prevalence of epilepsy is 5.7/1000 and of febrile seizures 17/1000. Because of the high rate of false negative responses detected by random sample interview, the true rate of febrile seizures is probably closer to a projected rate of 31/1000.Keywords
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