Prevalence of migraine by age and sex

There are wide variations in the reported prevalence of migraine, due to differences in factors such as study methodology, age of participants, and geography.^{[Lipton & Bigal, 2005]} The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study found that headaches were most burdensome in women aged 15–49 years, with migraine causing 20.3 million years lost to disease (YLDs) in 2016 – strikingly, 11.2% of all YLDs in this age group and sex.^{[GBD, 2018]}

References:
GBD 2016 Headache Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of migraine and tension-type headache, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurol 2018; 17 (11): 954–976.

Lipton RB, Bigal ME. Migraine: epidemiology, impact, and risk factors for progression. Headache 2005; 45 (Suppl 1): S3–S13.

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