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Table 2 Episodic primary headache disorder

From: Prevalence of primary headaches in Germany: results of the German Headache Consortium Study

epHeadache age group

N

epAllMIG n (%) [95% CI]

epAllMIG + TTH n (%) [95% CI]

epAllTTH n (%) [95% CI]

epUnclassifiable n (%) [95% CI]

All

18–25

854

221 (25.9)

[22.9–28.8]

194 (22.7)

[19.9–25.5]

177 (20.7)

[18–23.4]

262 (30.7)

[27.6–33.8]

26–35

1,116

328 (29.4)

[26.7–32.1]

262 (23.5)

[21–26]

218 (19.5)

[17.2–21.9]

308 (27.6)

[25–30.2]

36–45

1,482

498 (33.6)

[31.2–36]

318 (21.5)

[19.4–23.6]

344 (23.2)

[21.1–25.4]

322 (21.7)

[19.6–23.8]

46–55

1,190

367 (30.8)

[28.2–33.5]

249 (20.9)

[18.6–23.2]

279 (23.4)

[21–25.9]

295 (24.8)

[22.3–27.2]

56–66

707

187 (26.4)

[23.2–29.7]

127 (18)

[15.1–20.8]

184 (26)

[22.8–29.3]

209 (29.6)

[26.2–32.9]

Total

5,349

1,601 (29.9)

[28.7–31.2]

1,150 (21.5)

[20.4–22.6]

1,202 (22.5)

[21.4–23.6]

1,396 (26.1)

[24.9–27.3]

Women

18–25

507

145 (28.6)

[24.7–32.5]

119 (23.5)

[19.8–27.2]

102 (20.1)

[16.6–23.6]

141 (27.8)

[23.9–31.7]

26–35

685

229 (33.4)

[29.9–37]

158 (23.1)

[19.9–26.2]

134 (19.6)

[16.6–22.5]

164 (23.9)

[20.8–27.4]

36–45

904

353 (39)

[35.9–42.2]

192 (21.2)

[18.6–23.9]

189 (20.9)

170 (18.8)

[18.3–23.6]

[16.3–21.4]

46–55

747

274 (36.7)

[33.2–40.1]

144 (19.3)

[16.5–22.1]

156 (20.9)

[18–23.8]

173 (23.2)

[20.1–26.2]

56–66

453

134 (29.6)

[24.4–33.8]

84 (18.5)

[15–22.1]

116 (25.6)

[21.6–29.6]

119 (26.3)

[22.2–30.3]

Total

3,296

1,135 (34.4)

[32.8–36.1]

697 (21.1)

[19.8–22.5]

697 (21.1)

[19.8–22.5]

767 (23.3)

[21.8–24.7]

Men

18–25

347

76 (21.9)

[17.6–26.3]

75 (21.6)

[17.3–25.9]

75 (21.6)

[17.3–25.9]

121 (34.9)

[29.9–39.9]

26–35

431

99 (23)

[19–26.9]

104 (24.1)

[20.1–28.2]

84 (19.5)

[15.8–23.2]

144 (33.4)

[29–37.9]

36–45

578

145 (25.1)

[21.6–28.6]

126 (21.8)

[18.4–25.2]

155 (26.8)

[23.2–30.4]

152 (26.3)

[22.7–29.9]

46–55

443

93 (21)

[17.2–24.8]

105 (23.7)

[19.7–27.7]

123 (27.8)

[23.6–31.9]

122 (27.5)

[23.4–31.7]

56–66

254

53 (20.9)

[15.9–25.9]

43 (16.9)

[12.3–21.5]

68 (26.8)

[21.3–32.2]

90 (35.4)

[29.6–41.3]

Total

2,053

466 (22.7)

[20.9–24.5]

453 (22.1)

[20.3–23.9]

505 (24.6)

[22.7–26.5]

629 (30.6)

[28.6–32.6]

  1. CI confidence interval, epAllMIG episodic all migraine, epAllTTH episodic all tension-type headache, epUnclassifiable episodic unclassifiable, epAllMIG + TTH episodic all migraine + tension-type headache, epHeadache episodic headache