title: [An analytic epidemiologic survey of epilepsy in the Hui and Han nationality districts of Yinchuan].
abstract: An analytical epidemiologic survey of epilepsy was made with random sampling in the inhabitants of Han and Hui nationalities of Yinchuan city, Ningxia Autonomous Region. The sample of the population consisted of 10,415 subjects, including 1420 Hui nationality people and 8995 Han nationality people. The sex proportion, age, occupation distribution, and the residential years of Han and Hui nationality groups were essentially the same, rendering them comparable statistically. Through cross sectional comparative studies, it was revealed that the prevalence rates of epilepsy in the Hui nationality people were much higher than those in the Han nationality people. In order to find clues relating to the cause of such a difference between these groups, several possible risk factors were investigated and analyzed, but no definite conclusion could yet be made.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D012307:Risk Factors