Table 2 Studies on migraine prevalence
From: Prevalence of headache in Europe: a review for the Eurolight project
Country (year) | Reference | Time frame | Method | N | Age range (years) | Migraine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | Total | ||||||
Adults or all ages | ||||||||
 Austria (2003) | Lampl [37] | 1-y | P.i. | 997 | ≥15 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 10.2 |
 Croatia (2001) | Zivadinov [38] | 1-y | P.i. | 3,794 | 15–65 | 13 | 20.2 | 16.7 |
 Croatia (2001, 2003) | L.t. | P.i. | 3,794 | 15–65 | 14.8 | 22.9 | 19 | |
 Denmark (1991) | Rasmussen [10] | 1-y | P.i. | 740 | 25–64 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
 Denmark (1991) | Rasmussen [10] | L.t. | P.i. | 740 | 25–64 | 8 | 25 | 16.1 |
 Denmark (1995) | Russell [81] | L.t. | Q | 4,061 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 18 |
 Denmark (2005) | Lyngberg [36] | 1-y | P.i. | 207 | 25–36 | 5.4 | 23.5 | 15.5 |
 Denmark (2006) | Russell [44] | 1-y | Q | 28,195 | 12–41 | 13.9 | 24.3 | 19.1 |
 France (1992) | Henry [51] | L.t. | Q | 4,204 | 5–65 | 6.1 | 17.6 | 12.1 |
 France (2002) | Henry [20] | N.s. | Q | 10,585 | ≥15 | 10 | 23 | 17 |
 France (2005) | Lantéri-Minet [9] | N.s. | Q | 10,532 | ≥18 | 6.3 | 15.7 | 11.2 |
 France (1996) | Michel [46] | 3-m | Q | 9,411 | >18 | 8 | 18 | 15 |
 Germany (1994) | Gobel [52] | L.t. | Q | 4,061 | ≥18 | 22 | 32 | 27.5 |
 Germany (2009) | Pfaffenrath [61] | 6-m | P.i. | 7,417 | ≥20 |  |  | 11.4 |
 Germany (2009) | Radke [62] | 1-y | T.i. | 7,341 | ≥18 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 10.6 |
 Georgia (2009) | Katsarava [12] | 1-y | P.i. | 1,145 | ≥16 |  |  | 15.6 |
 Hungary (2000) | Bank [40] | 1-y | Q | 813 | 15–80 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 9.6 |
 Netherlands (1999) | Launer [41] | 1-y | Q | 6,491 | 20–65 | 7.5 | 25 | 16.3 |
 Netherlands (1999) | Launer [41] | L.t. | Q | 6,491 | 20–65 | 13.3 | 33 | 23.2 |
 Norway (2000) | Hagen [15] | 1-y | Q | 51,383 | ≥20 | 7.5 | 15.6 | 11.6 |
 Norway (2006) | Sjaastad [82] | N.s. | P.i. | 1,838 | 18–65 | 17.5 | 28.4 | 23.0 |
 Norway (2008) | Russell [43] | L.t. | Q | 21,800 | 20–80 | 18.1 | 34.1 |  |
 Portugal (1995) | Pereira Monteiro [53] | L.t. | Q | 2,008 | All |  |  | 8.8 |
 Spain (1994) | LaÃnez [50] | L.t. | P.i. | 2,231 | 16–65 | 8 | 17 | 12 |
 Sweden (2000) | Mattsson [83] | L.t. | Q | 722 | 40–74 |  | 31 |  |
 Sweden (2000) | Mattsson [83] | 1-y | Q | 728 | 40–74 |  | 18 |  |
 Sweden (2001) | Dahlöf [42] | 1-y | Q | 1,668 | 18–74 | 9.5 | 16.7 | 13.2 |
 Sweden (2006) | Molarius [63] | 3-m | Q | 43,770 | 18–79 | 2.4 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
 Switzerland (1994) | Merikangas [39] | 1-y | P.i. | 379 | 29–30 |  |  | 24.6 |
 Turkey (2005) | Boru [64] | L.t. | P.i. | 1,835 | 15–45 |  | 15.8 |  |
 Turkey (2005) | Celik [55] | L.t. | P.i. | 386 | >14 | 9.3 | 29.3 | 19.9 |
 Turkey (2002) | Kececi [56] | L.t. | P.i. | 947 | ≥7 | 7.9 | 17.1 | 12.5 |
 UK (2003) | Steiner [57] | 1-y | T.i. | 4,007 | 16–65 | 7.6 | 18.3 | 14.3 |
Children and youth | ||||||||
 Finland (1994) | Metsähonkala [69] | L.t. | Q | 3,580 | 8–9 | 3 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
 Germany (2007) | Fendrich [84] | 3-m | Q | 3,324 | 12–15 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 6.9 |
 Germany (2009) | Heinrich [85] | 6-m | Q | 2,553 | 9–14 |  |  | 13.1 |
 Greece (1999) | Mavromichalis [86] | 1-y | Q | 3,509 | 4–15 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
 Italy (1995) | Raieli [72] | 1-y | P.i. | 1,445 | 11–14 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
 Norway (2004) | Zwart [19] | 1-y | Q | 8,255 | 13–19 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 7.0 |
 Serbia (2007) | Milanovic [73] | L.t. | P.i. | 1,259 | 7–12 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
 Sweden (2004) | Laurell [33] | 1-y | Q | 1,850 | 7–15 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 11.0 |
 Turkey (2005) | Bugdayci [75] | N.s. | P.i. | 5,777 | 8–16 |  |  | 10.4 |
 Turkey (2004) | Zencir [87] | N.s. | Q | 2,490 | 11–18 | 6.7 | 11.0 | 8.8 |
 Turkey (2006) | Karli [76] | 1-y | Q | 2,387 | 12–17 |  |  | 14.5 |
 Turkey (2007) | Akyol [88] | L.t. | Q | 7,721 | 9–17 | 7.8 | 11.7 | 9.7 |
 Turkey (2006) | Unalp [77] | 1-y | Q | 2,384 | 14–18 |  |  | 9.6 |
 UK (1994) | Abu-Arefeh [79] | 1-y | Q | 2,165 | 5–15 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 10.6 |
Elderly | ||||||||
 Italy (2001) | Prencipe [16] | 1-y | P.i. | 833 | ≥65 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 11 |
 Italy (2003) | Camarda [80] | 1-y | P.i. | 1,031 | ≥65 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 4.6 |