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Table 2 Cluster headache (CH) age of onset by age groups, gender and subtypes

From: Age of onset of episodic and chronic cluster headache – a review of a large case series from a single headache centre

 

Episodic CH

Chronic CH

All CH cases (1)

Age of onset (yrs)

Males

Females

M:F

Males

Females

M:F

Males

Females

M:F

0–4

1

0

-

0

0

-

1

0

-

5–9

2

1

2.0

1

4

0.3

3

5

0.6

10–14

26

15

1.7

2

2

1.0

28

17

1.6

15–19

82

33

2.5

8

6

1.3

91

39

2.3

20–24

106

47

2.3

11

0

-

122

47

2.6

25–29

77

23

3.3

14

5

2.8

91

28

3.3

30–34

56

12

4.7

4

0

-

62

15

4.1

35–39

37

12

3.1

5

2

2.5

45

14

3.2

40–44

49

12

4.1

7

2

3.5

56

14

4.0

45–49

25

5

5.0

6

2

3.0

33

7

4.7

50–54

17

7

2.4

5

5

1.0

23

12

1.9

55–59

10

5

2.0

1

3

0.3

13

8

1.6

60–64

6

9

0.7

1

2

0.5

7

11

0.6

65–69

6

1

6.0

1

2

0.5

7

3

2.3

70–74

2

1

2.0

0

2

-

2

3

0.7

≥75

1

0

-

0

0

-

1

0

-

Total

503

183

2.7

66

37

1.8

585

223

2.6

  1. (1) Among all cluster headache cases, 19 cases had an indeterminate temporal pattern