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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Dis. 2014 Mar 21;68:200–214. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.03.008

Figure 1. Sex and Age in Migraine.

Figure 1

Migraine Prevalence (Adapted from (176) with permission): Prevalence measured over a 1-year period of self-reported and physician-diagnosed migraines. The prevalence in boys and girls is similar until puberty (approx. 10-11 yrs. of age) after which it diverges between the sexes with age. The prevalence is ∼6% in men and 15-17% in women (5). Note that the rate of increased prevalence shoots up in the teenage years and appears to decrease some years after menopause. The prevalence is in line with other reported data in children and adults (177, 178). A comprehensive report on the prevalence in children has been reported (177) with one group of children aged 3-11 yrs. reported. (179).