title: An epidemiologic study of febrile seizures and epilepsy in children.
abstract: Prevalence and annual incidence rates of febrile seizures and types of epilepsy were investigated in all children of the Altenburg district (German Democratic Republic) being 0-14 years old. The mean total population for the period 1982 through 1985 was 108,905. The proportion of children aged 0-14 years was 20,132. The average annual incidence of febrile seizures in children being 0-5 years old was 240.8/100,000. For children between 0 and 14 years the rate of epilepsy 51.1/100,000. Based on 87 epileptic patients, the exact point prevalence rate per 1000 on December 31, 1985, was 4.4.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology