Table 1 Number (N) and percentage of people with multiple sclerosis or epilepsy in each age group, and percentage of women in each age group (in parentheses)
From: Association between multiple sclerosis and epilepsy: large population-based record-linkage studies
Age at admission for the exposure condition (years) | Multiple sclerosis | Epilepsy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
ORLS, N=3 913, (% of women) | England, N=85 772, (% of women) | ORLS, N=18 790, (% of women) | England, N=520 203, (% of women) | |
<15 | 0.3 (60.0) | 0.1 (58.1) | 23.3 (43.7) | 8.8 (45) |
15–34 | 26.7 (70.1) | 12.4 (71.0) | 24.2 (47.5) | 19.3 (49) |
35–54 | 45.2 (65.8) | 45.4 (70.2) | 18.7 (44.3) | 25.6 (46) |
5–64 | 15.4 (62.4) | 21.6 (66.1) | 9.6 (39.3) | 12.9 (46) |
65+ | 12.4 (66.7) | 20.5 (69.0) | 24.3 (49.7) | 33.4 (53) |
Total | 100.0 (66.5) | 100 (69.2) | 100.0 (45.8) | 100 (49) |