Video: Epilepsy: An overview

Epilepsy: An Overview

In Canada, around 15,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy each year. Epilepsy most often starts either in childhood or in old age.

Epilepsy is common and exists all over the world. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 50 million people in the world have epilepsy, and that it is a major cause of disability, especially in young people.

For more detailed information please see An Overview of Epilepsy in the Epilepsy Resource Centre.