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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Headache and Neurogenic Pain
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1559028
Global Perspective on the Burden of Headaches in China: A Study and Trend Analysis from 1990 to 2021
Provisionally accepted- Wuxi Medical College, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
Background: Headache is one of the leading causes of disability in worldwide and in China, and the second most burden disease of the nervous system after stroke. We aimed to analyze the global trends in the burden of headache disorders, migraine and TTH among people in China in an international context. Methods: Data were taken from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021 database to examine trends in the incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life year of headache disorders.In the context of a large scale in the world, headache is currently in a state of high incidence in China, and female middle-aged and young patients are the main body of this disease.Conclusions: Need to focus on the vulnerable population in China, while formulating effective health policies and developing good treatment measures to reduce the incidence of headache disorders and improve the DALYs rate of headache.
Keywords: Headache, Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, Joinpoint, APC model
Received: 11 Jan 2025; Accepted: 28 Mar 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Xiaojie Lu, Wuxi Medical College, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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