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We included children who were born at \u226539 gestational weeks and computed crude, age-specific, and birth weight standardized incidence rates of epilepsy. We estimated adjusted incidence rate ratios according to mode of delivery by Poisson regression.<\/jats:p><jats:p>RESULTS. Among the 277435 nonpreterm births, 32557 were at \u226542 weeks, including 3396 at \u226543 weeks. Nearly one fourth of the 2805 epilepsy cases occurred in the first year of life. In that period, birth weight standardized incidence rate ratios for epilepsy were 1.3 for birth at 42 weeks and 2.0 for birth at \u226543 weeks, compared with birth at 39 to 41 weeks. Among children who were delivered by cesarean section, incidence rate ratios adjusted for birth weight, presentation, malformations, and county were 1.4 for birth at 42 completed weeks and 4.9 for birth at \u226543 weeks, compared with term vaginal births. There was a similar tendency among children who were delivered with the assistance of instruments. We found no evidence for the association between postterm delivery and risk for epilepsy beyond the first year of life.<\/jats:p><jats:p>CONCLUSIONS. 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