Table 3 Headache frequency in relation to migraine, age and gender in people from the Norwegian general population
Age (years) | N | No headache | Infrequent headache | Frequent headache | Chronic headache | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 days (%) | 1–11 days (%) | 12–30 days (%) | 31–84 days (%) | 85–179 days (%) | ≥180 days (%) | ||
No migraine | |||||||
Men | |||||||
20 | 202 | 19.3 | 55.0 | 21.3 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
25 | 197 | 15.7 | 56.9 | 17.8 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
30 | 512 | 14.8 | 53.1 | 19.9 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
35 | 563 | 15.5 | 56.1 | 14.9 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
40 | 674 | 16.3 | 55.0 | 16.2 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.4 |
45 | 700 | 20.4 | 55.6 | 12.1 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 |
50 | 754 | 27.9 | 50.0 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
55 | 830 | 35.3 | 45.3 | 11.9 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
60 | 858 | 41.7 | 42.8 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
65 | 517 | 50.1 | 39.7 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
70 | 521 | 56.8 | 33.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
75 | 473 | 63.8 | 25.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
80 | 395 | 74.7 | 15.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Total | 7,196 | 34.7 | 45.2 | 11.4 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Women | |||||||
20 | 255 | 5.1 | 47.1 | 25.5 | 14.1 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
25 | 262 | 7.3 | 45.4 | 28.2 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 1.9 |
30 | 528 | 8.9 | 47.2 | 23.9 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
35 | 575 | 6.8 | 45.2 | 24.2 | 13.9 | 6.8 | 3.1 |
40 | 646 | 6.8 | 46.4 | 26.0 | 12.4 | 6.2 | 2.2 |
45 | 644 | 10.7 | 46.7 | 24.2 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
50 | 739 | 14.6 | 51.3 | 20.6 | 7.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
55 | 711 | 22.6 | 48.8 | 15.5 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 |
60 | 723 | 23.9 | 51.0 | 12.6 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
65 | 399 | 34.6 | 39.3 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
70 | 400 | 45.0 | 35.0 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
75 | 348 | 51.4 | 33.9 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
80 | 236 | 61.4 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
Total | 6,466 | 20.3 | 45.0 | 18.8 | 9.7 | 4.1 | 2.1 |
Co-occurrence of migraine | |||||||
Men | |||||||
20 | 60 | 1.7 | 38.3 | 33.3 | 18.3 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
25 | 60 | 3.3 | 36.7 | 31.7 | 18.3 | 8.3 | 1.7 |
30 | 138 | 3.6 | 28.3 | 26.8 | 29.0 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
35 | 162 | 3.7 | 34.6 | 35.8 | 17.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
40 | 197 | 3.0 | 33.5 | 28.9 | 18.3 | 11.2 | 5.1 |
45 | 191 | 2.1 | 35.6 | 24.1 | 23.0 | 8.9 | 6.3 |
50 | 175 | 5.7 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 17.1 | 10.3 | 3.4 |
55 | 193 | 13.0 | 37.8 | 24.4 | 14.0 | 7.3 | 3.6 |
60 | 196 | 13.8 | 47.4 | 16.3 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 5.1 |
65 | 87 | 19.5 | 50.6 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
70 | 70 | 27.1 | 42.9 | 15.7 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
75 | 74 | 33.8 | 25.7 | 14.9 | 17.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
80 | 49 | 30.6 | 42.9 | 10.2 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Total | 1,652 | 9.8 | 36.9 | 24.8 | 17.1 | 7.2 | 4.1 |
Women | |||||||
20 | 117 | 0.9 | 24.8 | 21.4 | 30.8 | 14.5 | 7.7 |
25 | 142 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 30.3 | 24.6 | 15.5 | 4.9 |
30 | 323 | 1.9 | 22.9 | 31.6 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 7.1 |
35 | 359 | 0.6 | 22.3 | 25.1 | 30.1 | 15.3 | 6.7 |
40 | 411 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 27.3 | 29.7 | 13.1 | 9.5 |
45 | 392 | 2.0 | 22.2 | 31.9 | 25.5 | 10.7 | 7.7 |
50 | 383 | 3.4 | 27.9 | 25.8 | 22.5 | 13.1 | 7.3 |
55 | 405 | 5.4 | 33.1 | 28.1 | 21.0 | 7.9 | 4.4 |
60 | 408 | 8.3 | 39.0 | 21.6 | 16.9 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
65 | 181 | 15.5 | 37.0 | 23.2 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 3.9 |
70 | 146 | 26.7 | 32.2 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
75 | 112 | 31.3 | 34.8 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
80 | 92 | 39.1 | 21.7 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 |
Total | 3,471 | 6.6 | 27.6 | 25.7 | 23.2 | 10.5 | 6.5 |