Huang Maosheng, Hong Zhen, Zeng Jun, Rong Xuebao, Sheng Yutian, Lu Chuanzhen
Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2002 Oct;23(5):345-6.
To study the prevalence of epilepsy in Jinshan--a rural area of Shanghai and to provide data for development of protocol on prevention and therapy of epilepsy.
Stratified cluster sampling was used in Zhujing town, Jinshan district, Shanghai in 2000. In a door to door survey, all inhabitants in the study area were interviewed on seizures using a standardized protocol to include all new cases with epilepsy.
The crude prevalence of epilepsy was 3.11 per thousand among the population size of 48,628 and the adjusted prevalence was 3.62 per thousand with 3.65 per thousand in male and 2.50 per thousand in female. The prevalence rates of males were more than that of females in both places. Two peaks of epilepsy prevalence in Jinshan district Shanghai were noticed: in the age groups of 10 - 30 years old and older than 60 years. The highest prevalence appeared in rural area was 3.70 per thousand, much higher than that 2.45 per thousand in town.
The prevalence of epilepsy in this district was lower than that in other districts of China.
研究上海农村地区金山区癫痫的患病率,为制定癫痫防治方案提供数据。
2000年在上海市金山区朱泾镇采用分层整群抽样法。通过逐户调查,使用标准化方案就癫痫发作情况对研究区域内的所有居民进行访谈,以纳入所有癫痫新病例。
在48628人的人口规模中,癫痫的粗患病率为千分之3.11,校正患病率为千分之3.62,其中男性为千分之3.65,女性为千分之2.50。两地男性患病率均高于女性。上海金山区癫痫患病率出现两个高峰:10 - 30岁年龄组和60岁以上年龄组。农村地区癫痫患病率最高,为千分之3.70,远高于城镇的千分之2.45。
该地区癫痫患病率低于中国其他地区。