Epilepsy Research (2007) 77, 141—150 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/epilepsyres Prevalence of self-reported epilepsy in a multiracial and multiethnic community in New York City Elizabeth A. Kelvin a , Dale C. Hesdorffer b,1 , Emilia Bagiella c,2 , Howard Andrews d,3 , Timothy A. Pedley e,4 , Tina T. Shih f,5 , Linda Leary g,6 , David J. Thurman h,7 , W. Allen. Hauser i,j,*,1 a G.H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA b G.H. Sergievsky Center & Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA c Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA d Data Coordinating Center at the New York State Psychiatric Institute & Department of Biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA e Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA f Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0138, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA g UCB, Inc., Department of Medical Affairs, 1950 Lake Park Drive, Smyrna, GA 30080, USA h National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, Mailstop K51, Atlanta, GA, USA i Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center & Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA j Department of Neurology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA Received 31 May 2007; received in revised form 28 August 2007; accepted 23 September 2007 KEYWORDS Epilepsy; Seizure; Summary Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in a racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood in New York City. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 305 2447; fax: +1 212 305 2426. E-mail addresses: eak34@columbia.edu (E.A. Kelvin), dch5@columbia.edu (D.C. Hesdorffer), eb51@columbia.edu (E. Bagiella), andrews@pidata.cpmc.columbia.edu (H. Andrews), tap2@columbia.edu (T.A. Pedley), Tina.Shih@ucsf.edu (T.T. Shih), linda.leary@ucb-group.com (L. Leary), dxt9@cdc.gov (D.J. Thurman), wahausera@optonline.net (W.Allen. Hauser). 1 Fax: +1 212 305 2426. 2 Fax: +1 212 305 9408. 3 Fax: +1 212 543 5684. 4 Fax: +1 212 305 6978. 5 Fax: +1 415 353 2837. 6 Fax: +1 212 260 2571. 7 Fax: +1 770 488 5486. 0920-1211/$ — see front matter © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.012