ABSTACT: Prevalence of Migraine Headache in the United StatesRelation to Age, Income, Race, and Other Sociodemographic Factors
Walter F. Stewart, PhD, MPH; Richard B. Lipton, MD; David D. Celentano, ScD; Michael L. Reed, PhD
Objective —To describe the magnitude and distribution of the public health problem posed by migraine in the United States by examining migraine prevalence, attack frequency, and attack-related disability by gender, age, race, household income, geographic region, and urban vs rural residence.
Conclusions —A projection to the US population suggests that 8.7 million females and 2.6 million males suffer from migraine headache with moderate to severe disability. Of these, 3.4 million females and 1.1 million males experience one or more attacks per month. Females between ages 30 to 49 years from lower-income households are at especially high risk of having migraines and are more likely than other groups to use emergency care services for their acute condition
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