Table 2 Demographic data of patients with epilepsy
From: Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)
Infancy and early childhood (birth to < 6 years) | Late childhood (6 to < 12 years) | Adolescence (12 to < 18 years) | Total (birth to < 18 years) | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Number | 144 | 41.1 | 122 | 34.85 | 84 | 24.0 | 350 | 100 | |
Sex | 0.17 | ||||||||
Males | 77 | 53.5 | 76 | 62.3 | 40 | 47.6 | 193 | 55.1 | |
Females | 67 | 46.5 | 46 | 37.7 | 44 | 52.4 | 157 | 44.9 | |
Education | |||||||||
Preschool age | 144 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 144 | 41.1 | 0.000 |
Illiterate | – | – | 88 | 72.1 | 24 | 28.6 | 112 | 32 | |
Primary and prep | – | – | 34 | 27.9 | 28 | 33.3 | 62 | 17.7 | |
Secondary and high | – | – | – | 32 | 38.1 | 32 | 9.0 | ||
Residence | |||||||||
Urban | 107 | 74.3 | 85 | 69.7 | 69 | 82.1 | 261 | 74.6 | 0.06 |
Rural | 37 | 25.7 | 37 | 30.3 | 15 | 17.9 | 89 | 25.4 | |