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Targeting Epilepsy
One of the Nation’s Most Common Disabling Neurological Conditions

Number of Physically or Mentally Unhealthy Days Reported by California Adults, by Epilepsy Status*

  Physically
unhealthy days
Mentally
unhealthy days
Active epilepsy 8.3 8.2
Lifetime epilepsy 7.4 7.6
No history of epilepsy 3.8 3.8

*During the previous 30 days.
Source: 2003 California Health Interview Survey (n = 41,494).

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States Collecting Epilepsy Prevalence Data

No data being collected* Data collected on the BRFSS† California Health Interview Survey
  2005 2006 2005 and 2006 2003 2005
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
 
Delaware
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
 
Alabama
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
 
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
Oregon
Texas
Wisconsin
 

California

*Includes U.S. territories.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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Page last reviewed: February 11, 2008
Page last modified: February 11, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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