Wändell P, Fredrikson S, Carlssona AC, et al. - Among second-generation immigrants in Sweden, researchers examined if there was a link between country of birth and incident epilepsy. Overall, 4,023,149 children aged up to 18 years in Sweden were included. At least one registered diagnosis of epilepsy in the National Patient Register defined epilepsy. A registered epilepsy event was identified for 26,310 individuals (ie, 6.5/1000). Second-generation immigrant children had a lower risk of epilepsy vs children with Swedish-born parents, but there were substantial differences between different immigrant groups. Amongst specific immigrant groups, boys with parents from Turkey and Africa showed a higher incidence of epilepsy, though not when adjusting for comorbidity. Many other groups, like boys with parents from Latvia, girls with parents from Finland, Iceland, Southern Europe, countries from the former Yugoslavia, and Asia, exhibited a lower risk.