Age-specific distribution of status epilepticus in French-speaking Switzerland according to presumed etiology and history of epilepsy, 1997–1998
| Age, y | Population, N | Etiology | Idiopathic, n | Cryptogenic, n | Total, n | Incidence rate, n/100,000/y | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute symptomatic, n | Remote with fixed condition, n | Remote with evolutive condition, n | ||||||
| 0–4 | 108,589 | 31 | 7 | 2 | – | 2 | 42 | 38.7 |
| 5–9 | 106,297 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 16.9 |
| 10–14 | 96,435 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | 4.2 |
| 15–19 | 99,759 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2.0 |
| 20–29 | 242,134 | 10 | – | – | – | 3 | 13 | 5.4 |
| 30–39 | 291,143 | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 12 | 4.1 |
| 40–49 | 247,697 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5.2 |
| 50–59 | 209,342 | 9 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 17 | 8.1 |
| 60–69 | 153,514 | 12 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 21 | 13.7 |
| 70–79 | 113,600 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15.0 |
| ≥80 | 66,910 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 19.5 |
| Total (%) | 1,735,420 | 108 (62.7) | 32 (18.6) | 17 (9.8) | 5 (2.9) | 10 (5.8) | 172 (100) | 9.9 |
| History of epilepsy | 39 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 4.2 | |
| No history of epilepsy | 69 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 98 | 5.7 | |