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Epidemiology of Headache

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Part of the book series: Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System ((CLIN.MED.NERV.))

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Only a minority of adults will deny that they suffer occasional headaches. In a population survey based on a South Wales electoral register for example, Waters (1973) established that 74% of men and 92% of women aged 21–34 had experienced at least one headache in the previous year. These figures declined with advancing age, so that only 22% of men over 75 had had one or more headache in the previous year (Table 1.1). Only a minority had ever sought medical advice about their headaches.

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  1. General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds 1, West Yorkshire, UK

    Richard Peatfield MA, MD, MRCP (Senior Registrar-Neurology)

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Peatfield, R. (1986). Epidemiology of Headache. In: Headache. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3127-4_6

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