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Table 4 Age specific prevalence in the six towns of Dunukofia LGA and the LGA

From: Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in Dunukofia County in South East Nigeria: a door-to-door survey

Age range

Umunachi [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

Umudioka [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

Ifitedunu [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

Ukwulu [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

Ukpo [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

Nawgu [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

DLGA [n]

(prevalence per 1000, %)

10–19

257 [2] (7.8)

193 [1] (5.2)

228 [3] (13.2)

710 [3] (4.2)

183 [1] (5.5)

140 [1] (7.1)

1711 [11] (6.4)

20–29

178 [2] (11.2)

136 [1] (7.4)

144 [1] (6.9)

453 [6] (13.2)

138 [3] (21.7)

109 [1] (9.1)

1158 [14](12.1)

30–39

181 [0] (0.0)

145 [2] (13.8)

258 [4] (15.5)

461 [5] (10.8)

185 [1] (5.4)

146 [2] (13.7)

1376 [14](10.2)

40–49

206 [2] (9.7)

164 [2] (12.2)

245 [1] (4.1)

429 [3] (7.0)

228 [1] (4.4)

138 [1] (7.2)

1410 [10] (7.1)

50–59

135 [1] (7.4)

163 [1] (6.1)

216 [-]

366 [1] (2.7)

255 [-]

104 [-]

1239 [3] (1.6)

60–69

147 [1] (6.8)

138 [-]

248 [1] (4.0)

348 [-]

222 [1] (4.5)

100 [1] (10.0)

1203 [4] (3.3)

 ≥ 70

94 [-]

91 [-]

179 [-]

266 [-]

189 [-]

84 [-]

903 [-]

Total

1198 [8] (6.7)

1030 [7] (6.8)

1518[10] (6.6)

3033 [18](5.9)

1400 [7] (5.0)

821[6] (7.3)

9000 [56] (6.2)

  1. DLGA Dunukofia local government area; n, Actual number of cases