title: Incidence of acute symptomatic seizures in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935-1984.
abstract: We determined the incidence of seizures due to acute CNS insults for residents of Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A., from 1935 through 1984. The age-adjusted incidence rates for 1955-1984, the period of most complete case ascertainment, was 39.0/100,000 person-years (United States 1970 population as standard). The age-adjusted incidence was considerably higher in men: 52.0 as compared with 29.5 in women. The 3.6% risk of experiencing an acute symptomatic seizure in an 80-year lifespan approaches that of developing epilepsy. The major causes of acute symptomatic seizures were traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular disease, drug withdrawal, and CNS infections. Each type of acute symptomatic seizure has age, gender, and time period patterns that reflect the occurrence of the underlying cause.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Annegers
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rocca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology