Aetiological Features of Elderly Patients with Newly Diagnosed Symptomatic Epilepsy in Western China

Table 3

Aetiologic features by residence.

Aetiology	Rural		Urban		value
		%		%
Stroke	58	35.6%	173	55.6%
Ischaemic Ischaemic stroke	39	23.9%	136	43.7%
Haemorrhagic	13	8.0%	34	11.0%	<0.000
CVT	6	3.7%	3	0.9%
TBI	45	27.6%	38	12.2%
Tumour	16	9.8%	30	9.6%
Dementia	1	0.6%	32	10.3%
CNS infection	11	6.7%	7	2.3%
Hippocampal sclerosis	8	4.9%	16	5.1%
Others	24	14.7%	15	4.8%
Total	163	100%	311	100%