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32. About 5% of children younger than 5 yrs old have epilepsy - about one in every 20 children under 5.

Shocking independent statistic, as posted at the Seattle Children's Hospital website:

http://www.seattlechildrens.org/medical-conditions/brain-nervous-system-mental-conditions/epilepsy/

Epilepsy in Children

Epilepsy happens more in children than it does in adults. It affects about 1% of the general population - one out of every 100 people. About 5% of children younger than 5 years old have epilepsy. That is about one in every 20 children under 5.

This number does not include children who have seizures caused by a high fever. These kinds of seizures are different from epilepsy. They are called febrile seizures. They either happen only once or only when your child has a fever.

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Excerpts from Epilepsy Foundation Community Forum: http://www.examiner.com/article/parents-question-vaccines-as-epilepsy-rates-rise-to-1-20-children-under-five

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/faq

ASD is estimated to affect more than 2 million individuals in the U.S.
Studies also show that autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls.
An estimated 1 out of 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States.