The Facts, Figures, and Faces of Migraine

Dr. Lawrence Newman, director of the Division of Headache at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, talks about disabling migraine through facts, figures, and faces.

Migraine is an enormous problem, affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide, including more than 40 million Americans. About 13% of adults and 8% of children and adolescents suffer migraines. The lifetime prevalence of migraine is about 20%, and about 3% of the US population has the chronic form, in which they suffer from migraine attacks on 15 or more days per month.