Focal epilepsy
Description
partial epilepsy: A seizure caused by a localized disorder.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | FE_MODE |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-8: %3453 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-8: %3453 |
| First defined in version | DF3 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 329 | 203 | 126 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.22 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 29.56 | 29.89 | 29.02 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 47.11 | 51.23 | 40.48 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.22 | 0.99 | 1.59 |