Epilepsy by Legislative District¶
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How many people in each Minnesota House and Senate district are estimated to have epilepsy, which school districts serve them, and how far they are from care. All 134 House districts and 67 Senate districts are here.
These are estimates
No Minnesota agency counts people with epilepsy by legislative district. The figures apply published rates to census counts. A school district that posts no plan can still have one on file.
Request the data¶
The district file and the list of school districts inside each legislative district are available on request. Write to edanmnorg@gmail.com and tell us who you are and how you plan to use it.
How the numbers are built¶
| Figure | Method | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residents with epilepsy | 1.10 percent of residents 18 and over, plus 0.6 percent of residents under 18 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, active epilepsy estimates for Minnesota and the United States, 2015 (MMWR 2017) |
| Range for adults | 0.92 to 1.29 percent, the 95 percent interval on the Minnesota estimate | Same |
| School-age children | 1 in 170 to 1 in 150 of residents aged 5 to 17 | Same |
| Population by age | American Community Survey 5-year estimates for each district | Minnesota Legislature, Legislative Coordinating Commission GIS office |
| School districts in each legislative district | 2020 census population of each school district that falls inside the legislative district, 2022 court-ordered plan | Same |
| Seizure plan posted | Our review of each school district's public website | The Audit |
| Distance to a child neurologist, epilepsy center and pharmacy | Measured from each school district, then averaged with each school district weighted by its residents in the legislative district | Federal NPI registry; National Association of Epilepsy Centers |
| Ambulance time | Minutes within which 9 in 10 emergency calls had an ambulance on scene, by county, 2023 | Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services |
What to keep in mind¶
- House districts are drawn to hold the same number of people, about 42,600 each, so the epilepsy estimate is close to 420 in every one. The differences between districts are in the schools and the distances.
- Summed across all districts, the estimates come to about 56,000 Minnesotans. The CDC's own statewide figure for 2015 was 53,700, and the population has grown since.
- The count of school districts posting a plan leaves out any school district with less than 1 percent of the legislative district's residents. The full file lists all of them.
- School district shares are shares of all residents. They assume children are spread across a school district the way residents are.
- The audit covers the 329 regular school districts. Charter schools are not in it.
- Members shown served in the 2025-26 Legislature. All 201 seats are on the ballot on November 3, 2026, and we will update the names after the election.