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Table 1 Negev Population Demographic Characteristics

From: Migraine epidemiology and comorbidities in Southern Israel: a clinical database study in a universal health coverage setting

Variable

Migraine patients

(n = 30,766)

Non-migraine controls

(n = 434,984)

Overall

(N = 465,750)

P*

Female, n (%)

23,230 (75.5%)

211,077 (48.5%)

234,307 (50.3%)

 < 0.001

Ethnicity, n (%)

Jewish

24,577 (79.9%)

337,847 (77.7%)

362,424 (77.8%)

 < 0.001

 

Bedouin

6028 (19.6%)

96,372 (22.2%)

102,400 (21.9%)

 

Age at diagnosis, median (IQR)

mean (SD)

Overall

34.46 (25.45–46.49)

37.65 (14.32)

 

Female

35.03 (25.61–46.73)

37.74 (14.06)

 

Male

32.78 (25.09–45.68)

37.38 (15.10)

 

Family status, n (%)

Married

23,361 (75.9%)

293,436 (67.4%)

317,836 (68.2%)

 < 0.001

Single

3473 (11.2%)

59,686 (13.7%)

62,754 (13.4%)

 

Divorced

2563 (8.3%)

30,449 (7.0%)

33,235 (7.1%)

 

Widowed

1612 (5.2%)

51,411 (11.8%)

51,923 (11.1%)

 

Education, n (%)

Elementary

4856 (15.7%)

106,522 (24.4%)

110,095 (23.6%)

 < 0.001

High school

14,889 (48.3%)

213,672 (49.1%)

228,454 (49.0%)

 

Tertiary

11,020 (35.8%)

114,789 (26.3%)

127,200 (27.3%)

 

SEI score, mean (SD)

8.87 (3.94)

8.36 (3.86)

8.40 (3.86)

 < 0.001

Immigrant, n (%)

9674 (31.4%)

178,846 (41.1%)

188,520 (40.5%)

 < 0.001

  1. IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, SEI Socioeconomic index
  2. *Chi-square test for categorical variables/t test for normally distributed variables