Research Article

Prevalence and Triggering Factors of Headache among Jordanian Adolescents in Al-Mafraq Region

Table 2

Prevalence of headache types among adolescents by gender and age groups.

Sociodemographic characteristicsHeadache type value
Tension-type headacheMigraineUnknownNo headacheTotal

Gender
 Girls40 (11.2)18 (5.0)118 (33.0)182 (50.8)358 (100)0.021
 Boys31 (9.3)15 (4.5)100 (29.9)188 (56.3)334 (100)
Age groups
 12-1336 (9.1)16 (4.0)103 (26.0)241 (60.9)396 (100)0.032
 14-1535 (11.8)17 (5.7)115 (38.9)129 (43.6)296 (100)
Total71 (10.3)33 (4.8)218 (31.5)370 (53.5)692 (100)