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Epilepsy Fact Sheet
Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
QUICK FACTS
- 1 in 10 people will have a seizure in their lifetime. 3 million people in the U.S. have epilepsy, also known as a seizure disorder.
- 60,000 people in Minnesota have epilepsy, which is enough people to fill TCF Bank Stadium beyond its 50K capacity.
- Epilepsy is a medical condition that produces seizures. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, they have epilepsy.
- Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in children, and the third most common in adults (behind stroke and Alzheimer’s disease).
- Seizures can happen to anyone at anytime, and in 70% of the cases the cause is unknown.
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