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==Epidemiology== Febrile seizures happen between the ages of 6 months and 5 years.<ref name=AFP2012/><ref name=Stat2019>{{Citation|last1=Xixis|first1=Kathryn L. |last2=Keenaghan|first2=Michael |title=Febrile Seizure|date=2019|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448123/|work=StatPearls|publisher=StatPearls Publishing|pmid=28846243|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite journal | vauthors = Cerisola A, ChaibΓΊn E, Rosas M, Cibils L | title = [Febrile seizures: questions and answers] | journal = Medicina | volume = 78 | pages = 18β24 | date = 2018 | issue = Suppl 2 | pmid = 30199360 }}</ref> The peak age for a febrile seizure is 18 months, with the most common age range being 12β30 months of age.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Waruiru C, Appleton R | title = Febrile seizures: an update | journal = Archives of Disease in Childhood | volume = 89 | issue = 8 | pages = 751β6 | date = August 2004 | pmid = 15269077 | pmc = 1720014 | doi = 10.1136/adc.2003.028449 }}</ref> They affect between 2-5% of children.<ref name=AFP2012/><ref name=Stat2019 /><ref name=":1" /> They are more common in boys than girls.<ref name=Ron2008/><ref name=Leu2018 /> Febrile seizures can occur in any ethnic group, although there have been higher rates in Guamanians (14%), Japanese (6-9%) and Indians (5-10%).<ref name=Patt2013>{{cite journal | vauthors = Patterson JL, Carapetian SA, Hageman JR, Kelley KR | title = Febrile seizures | journal = Pediatric Annals | volume = 42 | issue = 12 | pages = 249β54 | date = December 2013 | pmid = 24295158 | doi = 10.3928/00904481-20131122-09 }}</ref>
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