Table 1 Characteristics of individuals and households surveyed in 2017. Indigenous households were defined as those in which the household head was born in the village

Individuals’ characteristics

n = 2286

n = 582

n = 553

n = 1151

Age (years), median (IQR)

18 (7–33)

15 (6–32)

20 (8–35)

18 (8–33)

Female, n (%)

1148 (50.2)

306 (52.6)

261 (47.2)

581 (50.5)

Male, n (%)

1138 (49.8)

276 (47.2)

292 (52.8)

570 (49.5)

Household characteristics

n = 324

n = 88

n = 86

n = 150

Number of people per household, median (IQR)

6 (4–9)

6 (4–9)

6 (4–8)

7 (5–10)

Number of households whose head’s occupation is agriculture, n (%)

278 (85.8)

70 (79.6)

73 (84.9)

135 (90.0)

Number of indigenous households, n (%)

173 (53.4)

25 (28.4)

35 (40.7)

113 (75.3)

For migrants, year of immigration, median (IQR)

2008 (1997–2014)^a

2012 (2002–2015)

2002 (1987–2013)^a

2003 (1992–2013)^a

Number of households with

 1 SCE, n (%)

59 (18.2)

12 (13.6)

23 (26.7)

24 (16.0)

 2 SCE, n (%)

14 (4.3)

2 (2.3)

4 (4.7)

8 (5.3)

 3 or more SCE, n (%)

7 (2.2)

1 (1.1)

1 (1.2)

5 (3.3)

Number of households with history of death from epilepsy, n (%)

52 (16.1)^a

12 (13.6)

16 (18.6)^a

24 (16.0)^a

 Year of death, median (IQR)

2007 (2000–2011)

2005 (1999–2009)

2009 (1999–2013)

2007 (2001–2010)

 Age at death (years), median (IQR)

20 (15–27)

19 (14–28)

21 (15–27)

20 (17–29)

Number of SCE, PWE and PE

In the whole population

 SCE, n (%)

112 (4.9)

19 (3.3)

34 (6.2)

59 (5.1)

 PWE, n (%)

81 (3.5)

15 (2.6)

24 (4.3)

42 (3.7)

 PE, n (%)

101 (4.4)

17 (2.9)

29 (5.2)

55 (4.8)

In the indigenous population

 SCE, n (%)

79 (5.9)

14 (6.7)

15 (6.5)

50 (5.5)

 PWE, n (%)

58 (4.3)

11 (5.3)

10 (4.3)

37 (4.1)

 PE, n (%)

71 (5.3)

13 (6.3)

12 (5.2)

46 (5.1)

Characteristics of SCE, PWE and PE

Age, median (IQR)

 SCE

26 (20–34)

29 (18–33)

26 (21–39)

24 (19–32)

 PWE

24 (20–32)

26 (18–33)

24 (20–31)

24 (20–32)

 PE

24 (20–32)

29 (21–33)

23 (20–28)

24 (19–30)

 Not epilepsy patient

46 (20–70)

Age at onset (years), median (IQR)^b

12 (10–14)^a

11 (9–13)

11 (9–13)

13 (10–15)^a

Year of onset, median (IQR)^b

2004 (1996–2010)^a

2002 (1995–2011)

2003 (1994–2009)

2006 (1996–2010)^a

Type of seizures

 Only NS, n (%)^b

2 (2.5)

0

0

2 (4.8)

 NS and other types of seizures, n (%)^b

21 (25.9)

3 (20.0)

9 (37.5)

9 (21.4)

 Other types of seizures, n (%)^b

58 (71.6)

12 (80.0)

15 (62.5)

31 (73.8)