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Table 2 Proportions (%) reporting chronic non-communicable diseases, sub-proportions (%) reporting high disability, and derived population prevalences of disease with high disability (%) [data from Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013]; prevalences of migraine and probable migraine, and those severely affected [data from Brazilian Headache Epidemiology Study], with estimates for the total Brazilian population

From: Migraine: a major debilitating chronic non-communicable disease in Brazil, evidence from two national surveys

Disease

Proportion reporting (%)

Sub-proportion (%) with high disability

Population prevalence of disabled (%)

Estimated numbers disabled* (N)

Hypertension

21.4

4.7

1.01

1,472,250

Diabetes

6.2

7.0

0.43

635,272

Asthma

4.4

15.7

0.69

1,011,165

Depression

7.6

11.8

0.90

1,312,700

Other mental health disorder

0.9

37.6

0.34

495,336

Heart disease

4.2

13.5

0.57

829,952

Stroke

1.5

25.5

0.38

559,888

Arthritis

6.4

17.1

1.09

1,601,939

Any spine disorder

18.5

16.4

3.03

4,441,048

WMSD

2.4

15.7

0.38

551,545

Cancer

1.8

10.3

0.19

271,381

Chronic kidney disease

1.4

11.9

0.17

243,862

Pulmonary disease

1.8

10.0

0.18

263,477

Migraine

15.2

MIDAS ≥10

24.7

3.75

5,495,541

MIDAS IV

12.3

1.87

2,736,646

Probable migraine

14.3

MIDAS ≥10

19.3

2.76

4,039,831

MIDAS IV

7.1

1.01

1,477,783

All migraine

29.5

MIDAS ≥10

22.0

6.51

9,535,372

MIDAS IV

9.6

2.88

4,214,429

  1. WMSD work-related musculoskeletal disorders, MIDAS Migraine Disability Assessment Scale; *estimates based on Brazilian population of 207 million (https://www.ibge.gov.br/apps/populacao/projecao/)