Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
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| Available date | 2025-12-02T11:17:44Z |
| Publication Date | 2025-12-31 |
| Publication Name | The Lancet Neurology |
| Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00402-8 |
| Citation | Hus, Andreas Kattem, Yvonne Yiru Xu, Jaimie D. Steinmetz, Mohammad Amin Aalipour, Hasan Aalruz, Deldar Morad Abdulah, Richard Gyan Aboagye et al. "Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023." The Lancet Neurology 24, no. 12 (2025): 1005-1015. |
| ISSN | 14744422 |
| Abstract | BackgroundThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2023 estimates health loss from migraine, tension-type headache, and medication-overuse headache. This study presents updated results on headache-attributed burden from 1990 to 2023, along with clinical and public health implications. MethodsData on the prevalence, incidence, or remission of migraine, tension-type headache, and medication-overuse headache were extracted from published population-based studies. We used hierarchical Bayesian meta-regression modelling to estimate global, regional, and country-level prevalence of headache disorders. For the first time in GBD 2023, age-specific and sex-specific estimates of time in symptomatic state were applied by meta-analysing individual participant data from 41 653 individuals from the general populations of 18 countries from all parts of the world. Disability weights were applied to calculate years lived with disability (YLDs). Since medication-overuse headache is a sequela of a mistreated primary headache (due to medication overuse), its burden was reattributed to migraine or tension-type headache, informed by a meta-analysis of three longitudinal studies. FindingsIn 2023, 2·9 billion individuals (95% uncertainty interval 2·6–3·1) were affected by headache disorders, with a global age-standardised prevalence of 34·6% (31·6–37·5) and a YLD rate of 541·9 (373·4–739·9) per 100 000 population, with 487·5 (323·0–678·8) per 100 000 population attributed to migraine. The prevalence rates of these headache disorders have remained stable over the past three decades. YLD rates due to headache disorders were more than twice as high in females (739·9 [511·2–1011·5] per 100 000) as in males (346·1 [240·4–481·8] per 100 000). Medication-overuse headache contributed 58·9% of the YLD estimates for tension-type headache in males and 56·1% in females, as well as 22·6% of the YLD estimates for migraines in males and 14·1% in females. InterpretationHeadache disorders, in particular migraine, continue to be a major global health challenge, emphasising the need for effective management and prevention strategies. Much headache-attributed burden could be averted or eliminated by avoiding overuse of medication (including over-the-counter medication), underscoring the importance of public education. FundingGates Foundation. |
| Sponsor | This study was funded by the Gates Foundation. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Subject | headache disorders migraine tension-type headache medication-overuse headache global burden of disease |
| Type | Article |
| Pagination | 1005-1015 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 24 |
| Open Access user License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| ESSN | 1474-4465 |
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