What Age Group Does Epilepsy Affect the Most?

Definitely children. Mostly because children are still growing and developing so much that most people are diagnose before late puberty, around 16 or so. For the same reason it seems that the earlier it starts the more likely it is that the person will "grow out of it." For example childhood absence epilepsy usually begins between ages 3 – 10, and 40% will out grow it or see a decline in the severity. Benign Rolandic epilepsy usually begins in ages 3 – 13 and 95% of children outgrow it by the age of 15.