Table 1 Baseline characteristics of persons with epilepsy from four different studies
From: Characteristics of people with epilepsy in three Eastern African countries – a pooled analysis
Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) | Tanzania (Haydom) | Malawi | Uganda | Overall | Overall (with CT available) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Rural | Rural | ||||
Hospital-based | Hospital-based | Community-based | Community-based | ||||
n | 302 | 212 | 365 | 300 | 1179 | 941 | |
Epilepsy prevalence (95%CI) | 1.1% (1.0–1.3%) | 3.3% (3.1–3.4%) | |||||
Sex | female | 160 (53.0) | 104 (49.1) | 189 (51.8) | 128 (42.7) | 581 (49.3) | 460 (48.9) |
male | 142 (47.0) | 108 (50.9) | 176 (48.2) | 172 (57.3) | 598 (50.7) | 481 (51.1) | |
Age group | children (< 15 years) | 58 (19.2) | 42 (19.8) | 103 (29.3) | 57 (19.0) | 260 (22.3) | 203 (21.6) |
adolescents (15–29 years) | 148 (49.0) | 113 (53.3) | 141 (40.2) | 154 (51.3) | 556 (47.7) | 462 (49.1) | |
adults (30–49 years) | 73 (24.2) | 38 (17.9) | 77 (21.9) | 61 (20.3) | 249 (20.6) | 194 (20.6) | |
elderly (≥ 50 years) | 23 (7.6) | 19 (9.0) | 30 (8.5) | 28 (9.3) | 100 (8.6) | 82 (8.7) | |
Age in years | median (IQR) | 23 [16–32] | 22 [15–30] | 21 [13–32] | 21 [15–32] | 22 [15–32] | 22 [15–32] |
Marital status | single | 232 (76.8) | 126 (59.4) | 232 (63.6) | 58 (19.3) | 648 (54.9) | 226 (24) |
married/cohabiting | 54 (17.9) | 81 (38.2) | 92 (25.2) | 55 (18.3) | 282 (23.9) | 51 (5.4) | |
seperated/divorced/widowed | 14 (4.6) | 5 (2.4) | 38 (10.4) | 24 (8) | 82 (6.9) | 497 (52.8) | |
unknown | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.8) | 163 (54.3) | 168 (14.2) | 167 (17.7) | |
Religion | Christian | 151 (50) | 189 (89.2) | 215 (58.9) | 284 (94.7) | 839 (71.2) | 707 (75.1) |
Muslim | 148 (49) | 3 (1.4) | 147 (40.3) | 6 (2.0) | 304 (25.8) | 199 (21.1) | |
other | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.8) | 3 (0.8) | 10 (3.3) | 19 (1.6) | 18 (1.9) | |
unknown | 3 (1.0) | 14 (6.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (1.4) | 17 (1.8) | |
Occupation | farmer | 0 (0) | 196 (92.5) | 179 (49.0) | 91 (30.3) | 466 (39.5) | 334 (35.5) |
professional | 59 (19.5) | 0 (0) | 7 (1.9) | 3 (1) | 69 (5.9) | 66 (7.0) | |
student | 93 (30.8) | 0 (0) | 103 (28.2) | 0 (0) | 196 (16.6) | 149 (15.8) | |
trader/business | 3 (1) | 5 (2.4) | 15 (4.1) | 9 (3) | 32 (2.7) | 20 (2.1) | |
other | 15 (5) | 8 (3.8) | 27 (7.4) | 197 (65.7) | 247 (20.9) | 226 (24.0) | |
none | 123 (40.7) | 3 (1.4) | 14 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 140 (11.9) | 134 (14.2) | |
unknown | 9 (3) | 0 (0) | 20 (5.5) | 0 (0) | 29 (2.5) | 12 (1.3) | |
Pork consumption | 155 (51.7) | 162 (77.5) | 103 (29) | 213 (71.2) | 637 (54.0) | 568 (61.1) | |
Family pork consumption | 184 (61.3) | 87 (41.0) | NA | NA | 271 (52.9) | 271 (52.9) | |
Free roaming pigs living close by | 23 (7.7) | NA | 58 (16) | 86 (28.8) | 167 (14.2) | 134 (18.6) | |
Latrine use | 221 (90.6) | 203 (97.1) | NA | 220 (73.6) | 644 (85.6) | 644 (85.6) | |