Table 1.

Responses to the enquiry

Enquiry	Response according to reported headache frequency
How often do you have headache?	All respondents N = 6,567 (100%)	At least once a week n = 3,558 (54.2%)	A couple of times a month n = 2,195 (33.4%)	A couple of times a year n = 814 (12.4%)
Age, years
Mean ± SD	43.2 ± 13.4	41.2 ± 13.1	42.8 ± 12.7	48.9 ± 14.9
	Proportion, n (%)
Gender
Male	1,956 (29.8%)	936 (26.3%)	603 (27.5%)	417 (51.2%)
Female	4,611 (70.2%)	2,622 (73.7%)	1,592 (72.5%)	397 (48.8%)
Does your headache limit your social life?
Never	1,750 (26.6%)	169 (4.7%)	222 (10.1%)	440 (54.1%)
Rarely	1,571 (23.9%)	512 (14.4%)	610 (27.8%)	237 (29.2%)
Occasionally	3,009 (45.8%)	1.805 (50.7%)	1,101 (50.2%)	103 (12.7%)
Often	967 (14.7%)	741 (20.8%)	206 (9.4%)	20 (2.5%)
Very often	400 (6.1%)	331 (9.3%)	56 (2.6%)	13 (1.6%)
Do you ever go to work or attend educational activities even though you have a headache?
Never	127 (1.9%)	45 (1.3%)	23 (1.0%)	59 (7.2%)
Rarely	188 (2.9%)	30 (0.8%)	58 (2.6%)	100 (12.3%)
Occasionally	793 (12.1%)	219 (6.2%)	396 (18.0%)	178 (21.9%)
Often	1,446 (22.0%)	779 (21.9%)	582 (26.5%)	85 (10.4%)
Very often	3,463 (52.7%)	2,228 (62.6%)	1,040 (47.4%)	195 (24.0%)
Not relevant	550 (8.4%)	257 (7.2%)	96 (4.4%)	197 (24.2%)
Do you experience a lack of understanding of your headache from people around you?
Never	1,750 (26.6%)	510 (14–3%)	656 (29.9%)	584 (71.7%)
Rarely	1,571 (23.9%)	784 (22.0%)	652 (29.7%)	135 (16.6%)
Occasionally	2,140 (32.6%)	1,411 (39.7%)	663 (30.2%)	66 (8.1%)
Often	787 (12.0%)	595 (16.7%)	170 (7.7%)	22 (2.7%)
Very often	319 (4.9%)	258 (7.3%)	54 (2.5%)	7 (0.9%)
Have you consulted a medical doctor about your headache?
Yes	3,695 (56.3%)	2,550 (71.7%)	1,025 (46.7%)	120 (14.7%)
No	2,872 (43.7%)	1,008 (28.3%)	1,170 (53.3%)	694 (85.3%)