K. Mani|G. Rangan|HV Srinivas|S. Kalyanasundaram|Siddharth Narendran|Ananda Reddy
The yelandur study: a community-based approach to epilepsy in rural south India—epidemiological aspects
Indian Medical Association|Indian Medical Association|Indian Medical Association|Indian Medical Association|Indian Medical Association|Indian Medical Association
data epidemiology epilepsy rural community developing country would value planning decentralized management malady early stages commensurate available local resources detailed screening instrument covering various seizure types used trained paramedical workers doortodoor survey population 64963 rural south india prevalence period 1 april 1990 31 march 1991 crude prevalence rate per 1000 active epilepsy 438 males 340 females 391 minimum maximum prevalence rates latter computed validation sample 391 463 active epilepsy 028 077 inactive epilepsy 419 541 lifetime prevalence addition corresponding figures hotwater epilepsy type reflex epilepsy peculiar area 249 299 active phase 035 085 inactive phase 285 383 lifetime prevalence incidence rate epilepsy 493 per 100000 developed countries data support concept prevalence epilepsy developing countries twice developed world however role localregional variations borne mind extrapolating figures entire country