Whitman S, Coleman T E, Patmon C, Desai B T, Cohen R, King L N
Neurology. 1984 Jun;34(6):775-82. doi: 10.1212/wnl.34.6.775.
The epidemiologic, clinical, and social characteristics of epilepsy were investigated in men entering the Illinois prison system and compared with a matched control group of prisoners without epilepsy. The prevalence of epilepsy was 2.4%, four times higher than the prevalence among men aged 20 to 39 in Rochester, MN. Head trauma was the probable cause of epilepsy among 45% of the prisoners with epilepsy, a much higher percentage than that reported in studies of other populations. In comparison with an age- and race-matched group of prisoners without epilepsy, the epilepsy group was not convicted of more serious or more violent crimes.
对进入伊利诺伊州监狱系统的男性的癫痫流行病学、临床和社会特征进行了调查，并与一组匹配的无癫痫囚犯对照组进行了比较。癫痫患病率为2.4%，是明尼苏达州罗切斯特市20至39岁男性患病率的四倍。头部外伤是45%癫痫囚犯患癫痫的可能原因，这一比例远高于其他人群研究报告的比例。与年龄和种族匹配的无癫痫囚犯组相比，癫痫组被判犯有更严重或更暴力罪行的比例并不更高。
