U.S. Adult Epilepsy Prevalence Linked to Social Determinants, NHANES 1999–2018

1.1% weighted epilepsy prevalence was found among 36,458 U.S. adults surveyed over two decades. This supplementary material analyzes associations between eight social determinants of health and epilepsy odds using survey-weighted logistic and weighted quantile sum regression. The data, shared by figshare admin karger under CC-BY-4.0, highlights food insecurity and low income as dominant factors.

Use Cases

• Modeling epilepsy risk based on social determinants of health like food security and income
• Analyzing the joint mixture effect of multiple socioeconomic factors on health outcomes
• Validating public health interventions targeting disparities in epilepsy management
• Conducting subgroup analyses across demographic segments using survey-weighted methods

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a large, nationally representative sample of 36,458 participants
• Analysis spans a long time period, covering NHANES cycles from 1999 to 2018
• Epilepsy was defined using specific anticonvulsant medication data to improve diagnostic specificity

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count for the underlying analytical dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The 81.8 KB file size suggests the shared material is likely documentation or summary results, not the full raw data

Provenance

Source

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

Collection Method

Survey data analysis using survey-weighted logistic regression and weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression

Time Range

1999–2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 07:55:15; freshness should be verified

Geography

United States