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Epidemiology of febrile and afebrile convulsions in children in Japan

From the Department of Human Genetics, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neurosciences, Fuchu City, Tokyo, Japan

Prevalence rates in all 3-year-old children in Fuchu/Tokyo, for a 6-year survey from 1974 to 1980 (total number examined, 17,044), were 8.3% for febrile convulsion and 0.9% for afebrile convulsion. The figures in boys were higher than in girls for febrile convulsion (9.0%:7.5%), but for afebrile convulsion (0.9%:0.9%). Prevalence in a Miyake Island survey for 10 years, from 1973 to 1982 (total number examined, 543) was 9.9% for febrile and 0.4% for afebrile convulsion. Correlations among prevalence of febrile convulsion, epilepsy, and epileptic EEG abnormality in healthy children were inconsistent in geographically isolated villages identified in Miyake Island.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Tsuboi, Department of Human Genetics, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neurosciences, 2-6 Musashidai, Fuchu City, Tokyo, Japan.

Accepted for publication June 13, 1983.

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