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Table 1 The global burden of headache disorders in adolescent and young adults in 2019

From: The burden and trends of headache disorders among the population aged 15–39: a study from 1990 to 2019

Characteristics

Incidence, millions (95% UI)

Age-standardized incidence rate per 100 000 (95% CI)

Prevalence, millions

(95% UI)

Age-standardized prevalence rate per 100 000 (95% CI)

YLDs, millions (95% UI)

Age-standardized YLDs rate per 100 000 (95% CI)

Global

373.37(311.66–439.49)

12,566.18(8542.10,16,915.68)

1262.47(1131.42–1401.96)

42,473.18(34,836.35,50,858.30)

23.52(3.88–52.40)

790.32(129.56,1786.52)

Gender

 Female

192.98(161.85–226.34)

13,156.78(9041.93,17,651.94)

677.16(608.92–746.60)

46,128.79(38,455.69,54,311.69)

14.47(2.28–32.90)

984.09(153.51,2261.73)

 Male

180.39(149.70–213.73)

11,991.57(8055.68,16,228.17)

585.32(519.56–655.21)

38,907.33(31,216.08,47,509.86)

9.05(1.62–20.18)

601.19(106.34,1346.15)

Types

 Migraine

43.79(35.59–53.52)

1477.65(939.64,2146.99)

581.76(488.31–696.29)

19,550.72(15,450.96,24,545.46)

21.53(2.54–49.94)

723.50(88.02,1715.78)

 Tension-type headache

329.57(267.55–393.98)

11,088.53(7084.34,15,380.73)

964.81(809.58–1155.24)

32,458.46(22,393.93,44,328.62)

1.99(0.53–7.42)

66.82(16.17,249.39)

SDI

 Low SDI

53.02(44.19–63.10)

11,967.98(8031.97,16,216.67)

177.02(156.35–198.54)

40,007.49(32,260.07,48,736.29)

3.15(0.54–7.01)

714.38(123.30,1604.57)

 Low-middle SDI

92.95(77.76–109.78)

12,670.08(8604.16,17,049.89)

313.28(279.51–348.26)

42,720.38(34,967.70,51,211.88)

5.75(0.85–13.03)

785.14(117.07,1795.19)

 Middle SDI

112.15(93.86–131.93)

11,965.17(8148.58,16,117.05)

387.44(346.90–429.71)

41,310.15(33,934.27,49,441.17)

7.48(1.21–16.85)

795.02(127.37,1815.70)

 High-middle SDI

64.43(53.35–75.97)

12,405.30(8455.75,16,698.31)

218.42(195.85–242.78)

41,925.98(34,381.84,50,091.27)

4.13(0.79–9.02)

784.57(143.72,1749.58)

 High SDI

50.61(41.93–59.66)

15,249.86(10,405.08,20,545.35)

165.58(149.61–182.93)

49,596.13(41,304.62,58,418.40)

3.01(0.52–6.66)

894.48(144.14,2009.97)

Geographic Super- Region

 East Asia

49.88(41.28–59.10)

9527.02(6506.74,12,850.75)

175.08(156.29–195.69)

33,434.91(27,080.91,40,547.08)

3.39(0.59–7.60)

636.50(107.64,1436.61)

 Southeast Asia

34.99(29.21–41.22)

12,864.37(8776.71,17,366.16)

121.20(108.47–134.76)

44,541.31(36,643.02,53,467.98)

2.40(0.31–5.70)

880.86(113.02,2099.98)

 Oceania

0.62(0.51–0.73)

11,419.85(7593.47,15,623.22)

2.16(1.90–2.46)

39,955.82(31,626.74,49,471.03)

0.04(0.01–0.09)

751.93(105.47,1742.80)

 Central Asia

5.68(4.67–6.72)

14,945.96(9988.53,20,370.35)

18.30(16.24–20.67)

48,102.80(38,412.62,58,428.80)

0.29(0.06–0.63)

754.17(141.59,1663.25)

 Central Europe

5.32(4.38–6.26)

14,863.18(9973.21,20,103.97)

17.06(15.26–19.18)

47,448.98(38,419.71,57,185.57)

0.28(0.07–0.62)

771.12(171.97,1678.91)

 Eastern Europe

11.19(9.13–13.21)

16,294.28(11,088.79,21,935.74)

35.39(31.81–39.38)

50,953.33(41,824.04,60,696.79)

0.60(0.17–1.25)

843.02(235.52,1764.10)

 High-income Asia Pacific

7.73(6.38–9.21)

14,659.64(9835.73,19,869.19)

24.03(21.68–26.65)

45,230.49(37,057.85,54,049.84)

0.35(0.07–0.77)

650.87(131.19,1436.79)

 Australasia

1.34(1.11–1.58)

13,728.66(9221.62,18,516.89)

4.35(3.88–4.87)

44,411.31(35,955.79,53,873.94)

0.08(0.01–0.17)

769.50(132.46,1717.45)

 Western Europe

21.12(17.52–24.98)

16,079.66(10,902.72,21,756.14)

71.92(64.96–79.48)

54,418.79(45,523.54,63,819.15)

1.40(0.22–3.13)

1054.68(150.41,2419.53)

 Southern Latin America

3.40(2.80–4.00)

13,340.38(8847.72,18,265.82)

10.79(9.52–12.17)

42,295.04(33,517.88,52,106.54)

0.17(0.04–0.38)

674.51(132.55,1482.03)

 High-income North America

20.70(17.27–24.24)

17,011.68(11,677.43,22,794.27)

65.68(59.81–71.95)

53,792.38(45,278.23,62,684.99)

1.18(0.18–2.63)

962.31(139.82,2183.75)

 Caribbean

2.12(1.75–2.51)

11,703.18(7650.28,16,044.93)

7.43(6.51–8.41)

40,954.52(32,535.80,50,502.62)

0.14(0.02–0.31)

751.40(118.11,1723.19)

 Andean Latin America

2.50(2.07–2.99)

9726.59(6308.19,13,448.14)

8.78(7.64–10.07)

34,209.25(26,533.07,43,205.88)

0.15(0.03–0.32)

577.08(116.22,1270.98)

 Central Latin America

12.28(10.22–14.52)

12,159.00(8122.05,16,435.12)

42.20(37.42–47.27)

41,794.35(33,912.65,50,700.52)

0.78(0.12–1.77)

773.22(121.38,1755.28)

 Tropical Latin America

12.09(9.99–14.41)

13,559.23(9085.79,18,421.47)

43.60(39.48–48.05)

48,971.12(41,146.42,57,402.40)

0.89(0.11–2.06)

1003.67(115.80,2366.56)

 North Africa and Middle East

29.92(24.78–35.43)

11,558.05(7736.24,15,673.34)

109.98(97.56–123.04)

42,462.83(34,576.81,51,238.46)

2.41(0.52–5.31)

927.35(196.45,2084.40)

 South Asia

102.18(85.58–120.21)

13,311.59(9094.24,17,859.74)

337.85(302.37–373.66)

44,032.35(36,214.79,52,432.18)

6.04(0.81–13.61)

788.63(107.28,1810.84)

 Central Sub-Saharan Africa

6.17(5.08–7.39)

12,064.71(8018.05,16,647.09)

20.62(17.98–23.45)

40,371.69(31,858.75,50,110.89)

0.36(0.07–0.79)

699.02(130.58,1545.76)

 Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa

16.58(13.67–19.83)

10,080.31(6625.57,13,870.87)

53.80(46.72–61.30)

32,748.65(25,548.49,41,199.80)

0.85(0.20–1.85)

523.02(120.87,1133.06)

 Southern Sub-Saharan Africa

4.28(3.56–5.07)

12,693.13(8629.01,17,170.48)

14.00(15.52–15.61)

41,479.30(33,708.25,50,146.55)

0.24(0.05–0.54)

723.28(138.78,1599.23)

 Western Sub-Saharan Africa

23.27(19.26–27.55)

13,191.94(8891.95,17,884.13)

78.23(69.30–87.19)

44,382.99(36,244.33,53,270.15)

1.49(0.24–3.38)

846.77(138.71,1917.80)