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Table 1 Years lived with disability (YLDs) attributed to all headache disordersa by gender, age and world region

From: GBD 2015: migraine is the third cause of disability in under 50s

Region

Gender

Age range (years)

YLDs per 100,000

% of total

Rankb

Global

Both

All

601

5.61

6

15–49

813

8.13

3

50–69

732

4.67

6

M

All

438

4.35

7

15–49

597

6.49

3

50–69

516

3.25

6

F

All

767

6.76

5

15–49

1,036

9.59

3

50–69

940

5.58

6

Western Europe

Both

All

783

6.32

4

Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

  

778

6.41

4

North Africa and Middle East

  

702

6.80

3

South Asia

  

730

6.55

5

SE and East Asia and Oceania

  

443

4.48

7

High-income Asia Pacific

  

607

5.34

5

High-income North America

  

646

5.01

6

Latin America and Caribbean

  

688

6.76

4

Sub-Saharan Africa

  

449

4.27

6

  1. aMigraine, tension-type headache and medication-overuse headache
  2. bamong the top level-3 causes of disability in GBD 2015