Prevalence and Incidence of @entity302 Associated with XXXX . A Global Campaign against @entity302 Project.

@entity1 @entity410 @entity302
OBJECTIVE: we performed a three-stages door-to-door survey to estimate incidence and prevalence of @entity302 associated with @entity410 seizures (EACS) in a rural area of Bolivia. METHODS: the study was carried out in the Cordillera Province, southern-eastern Bolivia. One hundred fourteen rural communities with a total population of 18,907 inhabitants were included in the survey. In order to identify subjects with EACS, trained fieldworkers administered a validated single screening question to the householders (stage I). A second face-to-face questionnaire was administered to each positive subject (stage II) that, in case of positive answer, underwent a complete neurological examination to confirm the diagnosis (stage III). We estimated age and sex specific life-time and active EACS prevalence at the prevalence day (30th June 2010). Incidence risk was evaluated for the 10-year period between January 2000 and December 2010. RESULTS: on prevalence day we identified 136 subjects with EACS, 124 of whom had active @entity302 . The life-time prevalence of EACS was 7.2/1,000 (7.6/1,000 age-adjusted to the world standard population) while the prevalence of active EACS was 6.6/1,000 (6.7/1,000 age-adjusted to the world standard population). Both life-time and active prevalence showed a peak (10.3/1,000) in the 15-24 years age group and, overall, were higher among @entity1 . During the incidence study period, 105 @entity1 living in the study area had the onset of EACS. The crude incidence risk was 55.4/100,000 (49.5/100,000 age-adjusted to the world standard population). Incidence was slightly but not significantly higher among @entity1 (58.9/100,000 versus 51.9/100,000). CONCLUSIONS: the present study demonstrated a considerable burden of EACS in the Bolivian Chaco, showing prevalence and incidence estimates close to those reported for low and middle- income countries and underlying the need of treatment programs.
