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. 2013 Feb 14;14(1):11. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-11

Table 1.

Results of the annual cross-sectional surveys of period prevalence rates of self-reported headaches in Germany from 1995–2005 and 2009

Year of survey   1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009
General population in million inhabitants (≥ 14 years)
 
62.73
62.97
63.12
63.24
63.51
63.78
63.83
64.1
64.25
64.43
64.72
64.87
Total
n =
10898
12239
12389
12067
12447
12503
12538
12351
12487
12064
12150
12120
HP
60.9%
60.6%
59.5%
60.9%
60.2%
59.3%
59.7%
60.8%
60.0%
62.5%
58.9%
62.3%
CI 95%
59.6 - 62.2
59.4 – 61.8
58.3 - 60.7
59.7 - 62.1
59.0 - 61.4
58.1 - 60.5
58.5 - 60.9
59.6 - 62.0
58.8 - 61.2
61.3 - 63.7
57.7 – 60.1
61.1 - 63.5
Women
n =
5915
6817
6908
6737
7047
6999
7037
6433
6691
6453
6386
6676
HP
70.2%
68.0%
67.8%
67.9%
68.0%
67.3%
68.5%
69.9%
68.1%
70.7%
68.0%
68.9%
CI 95%
68.5 - 71.9
66.5 - 69.5
66.3 - 69.3
66.4 - 69.4
66.5 - 69.5
65.7 - 68.9
67.0 - 70.0
68.3 - 71.5
66.5 - 69.7
69.1 - 72.3
66.4 - 69.6
67.3 - 70.5
Men n =
4984
5423
5482
5330
5401
5505
5501
5917
5796
5609
5765
5444
HP
49.8%
51.3%
49.1%
51.9%
50.1%
49.1%
48.4%
50.9%
50.5%
53.2%
48.7%
54.3%
CI 95% 47.8 - 51.8 49.4 - 53.2 47.2 - 51.0 50.0 - 53.8 48.2 - 52.0 47.2 - 51.0 46.5 - 50.3 49.1 - 52.7 48.7 - 52.3 51.4 - 55.0 46.9 - 50.5 52.4 - 56.2

General population of Germany (older than 14 years and German-speaking), gross sample, and response rates of the IPSOS surveys; the table also shows the one-year prevalence rates of self-reported headaches at 95% confidence intervals (CI95%) for the general total sample as well as for the following sub-samples: men/women. (HP: headache prevalence in %; CI: confidence interval).