The burden of epilepsy in the People’s Republic of China from 1990 to 2019: epidemiological trends and comparison with the global burden of epilepsy
Yun Shu, Zhifeng Wu, Xiaolin Yang, Min Song, Yangyang Ye, Chunqing Zhang, Qing Yuan, Li Wang · 2023
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Yun Shu and co-authors chart the epilepsy burden in China across three decades in a 2023 study. More than fifty million people worldwide live with epilepsy, and national patterns shape where treatment resources should go. The team used the Global Burden of Disease 2019 data to compare China with world averages.
Trend tools separated the effects of aging, time period, and birth cohort on case rates and deaths. The authors also linked burden to a development index and broke down which forces, population growth or aging, drove the changes. The comparison shows where China's epilepsy load is easing, where it is not, and how development bends the curve.
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| CREATOR | Yun Shu, Zhifeng Wu, Xiaolin Yang, Min Song, Yangyang Ye, Chunqing Zhang, Qing Yuan, Li Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |