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. 2023 Sep 18;24(1):126. doi: 10.1186/s10194-023-01659-1

Table 1.

Incidence of migraine between 1990 and 2019 in 15 to 39 years at the global and regional level

1990 2019
Location Number_95%UI ASR Number_95%UI ASR EAPC_95%CI
Global 32,034,316.3 (26,003,892.1–39,067,354.9) 1460.4 (1185.5–1781.1) 43,792,977.8 (35,587,917.8–53,516,837.4) 1475.6 (1199.1–1803.2) 0.02 (0–0.04)
High SDI 5,338,023.7 (4,374,182–6,434,531) 1652.3 (1354–1991.7) 5,497,608.9 (4,508,388.4–6,597,680) 1659.4 (1360.8–1991.4) 0.03 (0.01–0.04)
High-middle SDI 6,796,703.9 (5,544,902.1–8,272,209) 1405.7 (1146.8–1710.9) 7,348,321.9 (6,000,457.8–8,897,769) 1422.1 (1161.3–1722) 0.02 (0.01–0.04)
Middle SDI 10,617,452.4 (8,628,237.2–12,949,911.3) 1422.1 (1155.7–1734.5) 13,840,858.6 (11,304,213.5–16,825,011.5) 1480.2 (1208.9–1799.3) 0.12 (0.11–0.14)
Low-middle SDI 6,626,608.6 (5,321,565.6–8,146,071.4) 1488 (1195–1829.2) 10,993,656.1 (8,857,396.5–13,472,817.1) 1495.1 (1204.6–1832.3) -0.02 (-0.05–0)
Low SDI 2,638,058.9 (2,092,433.9–3,265,000.6) 1361.1 (1079.6–1684.6) 6,087,081 (4,844,316–7,546,180.1) 1359.6 (1082–1685.5) -0.02 (-0.03–0.01)
Andean Latin America 140,794.5 (110,715.4–177,891.8) 911.1 (716.4–1151.1) 250,654.8 (195,347.7–318,392.6) 976.1 (760.7–1239.9) 0.28 (0.21–0.35)
Australasia 126,193.4 (100,668.4–155,865.6) 1547.5 (1234.5–1911.4) 148,906.3 (118,794.2–184,410.1) 1532.4 (1222.5–1897.7) -0.01 (-0.02–0)
Caribbean 195,178.7 (150,241.8–247,359.9) 1315.6 (1012.7–1667.3) 236,579.5 (183,543.5–297,172.6) 1305 (1012.5–1639.3) -0.02 (-0.02–0.02)
Central Asia 410,664.6 (319,157.7–515,387.1) 1442.3 (1120.9–1810.1) 540,838 (423,721.9–670,386.9) 1427.6 (1118.4–1769.5) -0.03 (-0.04–0.02)
Central Europe 657,962.1 (525,039.3–813,105) 1429.8 (1140.9–1766.9) 507,014.1 (407,377.3–621,617.7) 1423.7 (1143.9–1745.5) -0.03 (-0.03–0.02)
Central Latin America 917,134.9 (729,112.9–1,134,070.6) 1344.6 (1068.9–1662.6) 1,358,807.8 (1,079,766.5–1,674,559.2) 1345.6 (1069.2–1658.2) 0.01 (0.01–0.02)
Central Sub-Saharan Africa 280,024.7 (217,207.9–354,929) 1348.8 (1046.2–1709.6) 698,231.1 (542,104.5–883,713.2) 1347.9 (1046.5–1706) 0 (0–0)
East Asia 6,948,514.6 (5,696,296.8–8,390,731.3) 1225.5 (1004.7–1479.9) 6,676,434.8 (5,513,119.9–8,057,427.9) 1294.6 (1069.1–1562.4) 0.18 (0.14–0.22)
Eastern Europe 1,199,093.2 (987,888.6–1,445,658.3) 1397.7 (1151.5–1685.1) 952,226.5 (786,424.6–1,147,708.4) 1387.5 (1145.9–1672.3) 0 (-0.03–0.02)
Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa 708,754.9 (556,813.1–881,003.6) 1005.3 (789.8–1249.6) 1,684,934.7 (1,325,348.8–2,094,604.8) 1010.4 (794.8–1256.1) 0.03 (0.03–0.04)
High-income Asia Pacific 842,473.8 (685,230.1–1,023,251.2) 1247.2 (1014.4–1514.9) 637,199.3 (519,999–774,581.5) 1212.7 (989.7–1474.2) -0.1 (-0.15–0.05)
High-income North America 2,102,636.3 (1,753,529.3–2,494,778.7) 1859.5 (1550.8–2206.3) 2,268,051.2 (1,883,391.6–2,686,545.6) 1866.6 (1550–2211) 0.03 (0.01–0.05)
North Africa and Middle East 2,055,917.6 (1,595,107.7–2,588,083.4) 1514.1 (1174.7–1906) 3,849,979.4 (3,062,926.6–4,800,263.6) 1488.7 (1184.3–1856.1) -0.07 (-0.07–0.06)
Oceania 39,763.1 (30,663.9–49,861.2) 1510.5 (1164.8–1894.1) 82,132.5 (64,005.4–102,732.4) 1509.2 (1176.1–1887.8) 0 (0–0)
South Asia 6,745,521.9 (5,476,441.3–8,212,820) 1561.6 (1267.8–1901.3) 12,041,286 (9,803,921.6–14,652,737.7) 1566.1 (1275.1–1905.8) -0.06 (-0.09–0.03)
Southeast Asia 3,409,210.2 (2,732,393.7–4,158,424.4) 1732.2 (1388.4–2112.9) 4,628,188.8 (3,754,584.7–5,628,502.1) 1704.1 (1382.4–2072.4) -0.06 (-0.07–0.05)
Southern Latin America 242,108.9 (187,771.5–300,933.7) 1268.5 (983.8–1576.8) 329,418.8 (255,711.3–409,744.1) 1295.3 (1005.5–1611.1) 0.12 (0.09–0.15)
Southern Sub-Saharan Africa 310,808 (249,547.7–380,525.1) 1417.5 (1138.1–1735.5) 469,033 (381,645.4–572,176.4) 1392.5 (1133.1–1698.8) -0.06 (-0.07–0.06)
Tropical Latin America 908,124.7 (730,125.4–1,112,829.3) 1412 (1135.2–1730.2) 1,187,320.3 (963,308–1449828.3) 1332.6 (1081.2–1627.3) -0.28 (-0.38–0.19)
Western Europe 2,694,729.1 (2,179,101.3–3,271,735.4) 1870.5 (1512.6–2271) 2,460,063.9 (1,989,628.1–2,969,979.4) 1877.3 (1518.3–2266.5) 0.05 (0.03–0.07)
Western Sub-Saharan Africa 1,098,706.9 (870,131–1364069.3) 1545.2 (1223.7–1918.4) 2,785,677.2 (2,195,344.6–3,456,832.8) 1555 (1225.4–1929.6) 0.01 (0.01–0.02)

Abbreviations: EAPC Estimated annual percentage change, SDI Sociodemographic Index, UI Uncertainty interval