Seizure disorders. The Dade County experience from 1978 to 1982.
This article concerns seizure disorders that occurred in the medical examiners' population of Metropolitan Dade County between 1978 and 1982. These accounted for 2% of the natural and accidental manners of death. The percentage of males was more frequent than females, with an equal proportion of blacks and whites. The age distribution was half under age 40 and half over age 40. Alcohol abuse was common, although alcohol was absent at time of autopsy in at least 42.5%. Brain pathology and absence of seizure medicine are also discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality