The FRAMIG III Survey: First Epidemiological Survey in General Population According to the 2004 IHS Migraine Criteria

Abstract In 1990, the first nationwide survey of migraine using the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria for the diagnosis of migraine was conducted in France on a representative sample of residents aged 15 years and more. Headache sufferers were classified as IHS migraine, ‘borderline’ migraine, possible migraine, and non- migrainous headache. The study found an overall prevalence of HIS-migraine of 8.1%; another 4% of patients being classified as ‘borderline’ migraine, which we in fact considered as definite migraine.