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Table 5 Prevalences (%) of probable migraine and probable TTH by age and gender, and as proportions (%) of all (probable + definite) migraine and TTH

From: The global prevalence of headache: an update, with analysis of the influences of methodological factors on prevalence estimates

Gender/age (years)

Probable migraine

Probable TTH

Total migraine (pMig+dMig)

Total TTH (pTTH+dTTH)

pMig as % of total migraine

pTTH as % of total TTH

N

Mean

95% CI

N

Mean

95% CI

N

Mean

95% CI

N

Mean

95% CI

Both genders

 0–9

0

–

–

0

–

–

–

–

–

0

–

–

  

 10–19

13

10.5

7.0–14.4

8

14.0

9.5–19.8

13

20.3

14.3–26.4

8

29.2

19.3–45.1

52

48

 20–64

44

8.4

6.6–10.2

24

9.0

6.5–11.9

44

19.4

16.5–22.5

24

29.4

24.6–34.4

43

31

 ≥65

2

3.1

–

2

6.6

4.3–8.9

2

6.8

–

2

20.6

–

46

32

 All ages

59

8.7

7.1–10.4

34

10.0

7.7–12.6

59

19.2

16.7–21.7

34

28.9

24.4–34.2

45

35

Males

 0–9

0

–

–

0

–

–

0

–

–

0

–

–

  

 10–19

5

9.1

5.4–12.9

3

9.8

–

5

18.0

12.6–24.0

3

18.9

–

51

52

 20–64

21

5.7

4.0–7.7

8

8.8

2.9–15.6

21

12.1

9.6–14.6

8

29.6

19.7–38.0

47

30

 ≥65

1

3.7

–

1

4.3

–

1

5.1

–

1

28.1

–

73

15

 All ages

27

6.3

4.7–8.0

12

8.6

4.6–13.3

27

12.9

10.5–15.3

12

26.8

20.6–33.5

49

32

Females

 0–9

0

–

–

0

–

–

0

–

–

0

–

–

  

 10–19

5

13.4

7.8–18.5

3

11.3

7.2–16.9

5

26.0

20.0–34.2

3

21.7

21.2–22.4

52

52

 20–64

22

8.9

6.6–11.2

8

9.4

3.8–16.6

22

24.2

20.7–27.9

8

35.1

22.8–47.8

37

27

 ≥65

1

8.0

–

1

4.3

–

1

16.0

–

1

36.3

–

50

12

 All ages

28

9.7

7.6–11.7

12

9.4

5.3–14.6

28

24.2

21.2–27.4

12

31.8

23.6–40.4

40

30

  1. N number of studies, TTH tension-type headache, CI confidence interval (not given when N ≤ 5), pMig probable migraine, dMig definite migraine, pTTH probable TTH, dTTH definite TTH