title: [Late epilepsy among the population of Kielce and selected communities in Kielce province].
abstract: The authors defined the morbidity index of late epilepsy (MI) on the ground of notified cases in the population aged over 20 years (with first seizure past the age of 20 years) comprising 228273 individuals (125453 living in towns and 102820 living in villages) in the years 1979-1980. The index was calculated per 1000 of the population. The general index was 2.23 (males--2.77; females--1.72). The value of the index was highest in the age group 20-29 years (3.75) and 40-49 years (2.58) in males, and in females this value was also at its peaks in these age groups (2.63 and 1.93, respectively). In the whole population the index had also two peaks in these age groups: 3.21 and 2.55 respectively. In the urban population the general index was 2.33 (2.77 in males and 1,91 in females) being again highest in the age groups 20-29 and 40-49 years. Similar peaks were found in these age groups in the urban male and female populations. In the rural population the general index was 2.11 (males 2.77, females 1.49) and the peaks were in the age groups 20-29 and 30-39 years. In males these peaks were in the age groups 20-29 and 40-49, and in females in the groups 20-29 and 30-39 years. The lowest index value was in the age group over 60 years in the whole population (1.22), in the urban population (1.62 and in the rural population (0.91). In further studies on epilepsy the method of active search for epilepsy cases with full clinical and epidemiological analysis is being used.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Padaczka późna w populacji Kielc i wybranych gminach województwa kieleckiego.