Objective: Introduction: According to the World Health Organization, epilepsy is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system, which affects 0.5 to 2% of the entire population The aim is comparison of prevalence, incidence and disability from nervous diseases and epilepsy among children of the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and the results are compared with global figures.
Patients and methods: Materials and methods: Epidemiological indicators, namely the prevalence and incidence. For the comparative analysis, the statistical data of the last 5 years are used.
Results: Review: The prevalence of epilepsy in Ukraine amounts to 25 695 children (3.21%), higher than the prevalence of cerebral palsy or neuroinfections, the average value for 5 years is 24 667 children (3.144%). In the Kharkiv region the number is 1 451 children (3.43%), 5-year average is 1 340 children (3.21%). The incidence of epilepsy in children in Ukraine is 3 306 children (0.43%), the average value for 5 years is 3 569 children (0.454%). In Kharkiv region the incidence is 252 persons (0.53%), an average is 201.2 children (0.468%).
Conclusion: Conclusions: Reliable epidemiological indicators will make it possible to improve the system of rendering specialized medical care to children with epilepsy, carry out a pharmaco-economic analysis, calculation and estimation of the costs for patients' treatment, which is especially important in the framework of the health care system reformation. Thus, the compilation of patients' registers with epilepsy is one of the urgent tasks to optimize the medical care.
Keywords: children; disability; epilepsy; incidence; prevalence.