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Table 5 Proportions of those with headache reporting headache yesterday, overall and by age, gender and headache type, and predicted proportions, overall and by headache type (N = 1,817a)

From: The prevalence of primary headache disorders in children and adolescents in Zambia: a schools-based study

Headache type

Headache yesterday

Reported proportion

n (%)

Predicted proportion

Mean reported headache frequency

Predicted headache yesterday

(%)

days in last week (F7)

days in last 4 weeks (F28)

calculated as F7/7

calculated as F28/28

Any headache (N = 1,817)

464 (25.5)

1.4 ± 1.7

2.9 ± 4.6

20.0

10.4

 Male (n = 956)

193 (20.2)

1.3 ± 1.7

2.9 ± 4.6

18.6

8.1

 Female (n = 861)

271 (31.5)

1.6 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 4.6

22.9

10.7

 6–11 years (n = 501)

138 (27.5)

1.5 ± 1.9

2.6 ± 4.3

21.4

9.3

 12–17 years (n = 1,323a)

326 (24.8)

1.4 ± 1.7

3.1 ± 4.7

20.0

11.1

Migraine (n = 1,074)

306 (28.5)

1.5 ± 1.7

2.5 ± 2.8

21.4

8.9

Tension-type headache (n = 306)

57 (18.6)

1.1 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 3.0

15.7

7.5

Probable medication-overuse headache (n = 23)

11 (47.8)

3.7 ± 2.3

20.7 ± 4.7

52.9

73.9

Other headache on ≥ 15 days/month (n = 58)

37 (63.8)

3.8 ± 2.1

19.3 ± 5.3

54.2

68.9

Undifferentiated headache (n = 308)

46 (14.9)

1.0 ± 1.6

1.2 ± 1.9

14.3

4.3

  1. a Seven adolescents (5 male, 2 female) did not respond to this enquiry