Table 3.
Prevalence (%) of active headache disorder by type, gender and timeframe
| Timeframe | Headache | Migraine | TTH | H15+ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI/ | N | Mean | 95% CI | |
| Lifetime | ||||||||||||
| Both genders | 42 | 66.6 | 58.8–73.9 | 49 | 17.5 | 14.6–21.0 | 18 | 40.6 | 30.0–51.4 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.8–7.7 |
| Males | 28 | 65.0 | 53.8–74.4 | 39 | 11.6 | 9.1–14.8 | 9 | 35.7 | 19.6–52.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.9–3.1 |
| Females | 28 | 73.3 | 63.3–83.2 | 41 | 21.0 | 17.3–25.4 | 9 | 43.8 | 26.5–61.8 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.2–7.5 |
| 1-year | ||||||||||||
| Both genders | 110 | 53.5 | 49.1–57.7 | 150 | 15.3 | 13.7–16.9 | 77 | 26.4 | 22.9–30.3 | 50 | 4.8 | 4.0–5.7 |
| Males | 73 | 46.4 | 41.1–51.7 | 112 | 9.1 | 7.9–10.3 | 47 | 24.2 | 19.2–29.6 | 39 | 2.9 | 2.2–3.8 |
| Females | 72 | 60.5 | 55.1–65.8 | 113 | 18.1 | 16.3–29.9 | 48 | 28.5 | 22.7–34.3 | 39 | 6.2 | 4.9–7.6 |
| 6-month, both genders | 15 | 60.9 | 50.6–71.3 | 12 | 11.1 | 6.7–16.9 | 9 | 32.2 | 15.1–50.8 | 2 | 6.0 | 4.8–7.2 |
| 3-month, both genders | 12 | 52.2 | 36.5–66.6 | 10 | 13.4 | 9.1–17.9 | 5 | 20.2 | 2.1–38.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2–3.3 |
| “Current”, both genders | 3 | 37.2 | – | 10 | 12.9 | 7.7–18.3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| Unknown, both genders | 43 | 45.9 | 38.5–53.1 | 62 | 11.9 | 10.0–14.0 | 19 | 22.9 | 17.2–29.2 | 4 | 3.4 | 1.5–5.4 |
| 1-day | ||||||||||||
| Both genders | 12 | 15.8 | 10.0–22.0 | 5 | 7.0 | – | 4 | 8.7 | – | 3 | 2.5 | – |
| Males | 8 | 8.0 | 4.0–12.8 | 2 | 2.4 | – | 1 | 5.1 | – | 1 | 1.8 | – |
| Females | 8 | 14.9 | 8.9–21.7 | 2 | 5.5 | – | 1 | 10.1 | – | 1 | 4.4 | – |
| All timeframes, both genders | 237 | 52.7 | 49.7–55.8 | 298 | 14.5 | 13.4–15.5 | 132 | 27.4 | 24.2–30.9 | 71 | 4.5 | 3.9–5.2 |
N number of studies, TTH tension-type headache, H15+ headache on ≥15 days/month, CI confidence interval (not given when N ≤ 5)