Table 1 Study population demographics
From: Trends in utilization and costs of migraine medications, 2017–2020
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients (%) | Patients (%) | Patients (%) | Patients | |||
Total Patients | Overall | 161,369 (100.0) | 189,748 (100.0) | 227,376 (100.0) | 240,330 (100.0) | |
Age | 18–44 | 61,864 (38.3) | 74,635 (39.3) | 91,703 (40.3) | 98,716 (41.1) | |
45–64 | 82,689 (51.2) | 95,987 (50.6) | 114,164 (50.2) | 118,471 (49.3) | ||
65 or older | 16,816(10.4) | 19,126 (10.1) | 21,509 (9.5) | 23,143 (9.6) | ||
Gender | Women | 135,869 (84.2) | 159,707 (84.2) | 192,112 (84.5) | 203,110 (84.5) | |
Men | 25,500 (15.8) | 30,041 (15.8) | 35,264 (15.5) | 37,220 (15.5) | ||
Age 18–44 | Women | 52,560(85.0) | 63,401 (84.9) | 78,040 (85.1) | 84,241 (85.3) | |
Men | 9,304 (15.0) | 11,234 (15.1) | 13,663 (14.9) | 14,475 (14.7) | ||
Age 45–64 | Women | 69,462(84.0) | 80,555 (83.9) | 96,290 (84.3) | 99,924 (84.3) | |
Men | 13,227 (16.0) | 15,432 (16.1) | 17,874 (15.7) | 18,547 (15.7) | ||
Age 65 or older | Women | 13,847(82.3) | 15,751 (82.4) | 17,782 (82.7) | 18,945 (81.9) | |
Men | 2,969 (17.7) | 3,375 (17.6) | 3,727 (17.3) | 4,198 (18.1) | ||
Insurance type | Commercial | 132,665 (82.2) | 157,085 (82.8) | 190,507 (83.8) | 200,456 (83.4) | |
Medicare | 18,245 (11.3) | 19,785 (10.4) | 20,659 (9.1) | 21,522 (9.0) | ||
Medicaid | 7,636 (4.7) | 9,523 (5.0) | 11,177 (4.9) | 13,062 (5.4) | ||
Health Exchange | 2,823 (1.7) | 3,355 (1.8) | 5,033 (2.2) | 5,290 (2.2) | ||
Insurance by Age | Commercial | 18–44 | 54,654 (41.2) | 66,084 (42.1) | 81,649 (42.9) | 87,436 (43.6) |
45–64 | 72,860(54.9) | 85,038 (54.1) | 101,395 (53.2) | 105,234 (52.5) | ||
65 or older | 5,151 (3.9) | 5,963 (3.8) | 7,463 (3.9) | 7,786 (3.9) | ||
Medicare | 18–44 | 1,641 (9.0) | 1,556 (7.9) | 1,530 (7.4) | 1,263 (5.9) | |
45–64 | 5,007 (27.4) | 5,132 (25.9) | 5,233 (25.3) | 5,038 (23.4) | ||
65 or older | 11,597(63.6) | 13,097 (66.2) | 13,896 (67.3) | 15,221 (70.7) | ||
Medicaid | 18–44 | 4,540 (59.5) | 5,761 (60.5) | 6,666 (59.6) | 7,990 (61.2) | |
45–64 | 3,053 (40.0) | 3,730 (39.2) | 4,451 (39.8) | 5,022 (38.4) | ||
65 or older | 43 (0.6) | 32 (0.3) | 60 (0.5) | 50 (0.4) | ||
Health Exchange | 18–44 | 1,029 (36.5) | 1,234 (36.8) | 1,858 (36.9) | 2,027 (38.3) | |
45–64 | 1,769 (62.7) | 2,087 (62.2) | 3,085 (61.3) | 3,177 (60.1) | ||
65 or older | 25 (0.9) | 34 (1.0) | 90 (1.8) | 86 (1.6) | ||
Insurance by Gender | Commercial | Women | 111,742 (84.2) | 132,293(84.2) | 161,052 (84.5) | 169,560 (84.6) |
Men | 20,923 (15.8) | 24,792 (15.8) | 29,455 (15.5) | 30,896 (15.4) | ||
Medicare | Women | 15,228 (83.5) | 16,485 (83.3) | 17,252 (83.5) | 17,839 (82.9) | |
Men | 3,017 (16.5) | 3,300 (16.7) | 3,407(16.5) | 3,683 (17.1) | ||
Medicaid | Women | 6,492 (85.0) | 8,057 (84.6) | 9,468 (84.7) | 11,161 (85.4) | |
Men | 1,144 (15.0) | 1,466 (15.4) | 1,709 (15.3) | 1,901 (14.6) | ||
Health Exchange | Women | 2,407 (85.3) | 2,872 (85.6) | 4,340 (86.2) | 4,550 (86.0) | |
Men | 416 (14.7) | 483 (14.4) | 693 (13.8) | 740 (14.0) |