Women claim most of the headaches, especially during their child-bearing years.
Womenmigraine suffers outnumber men by a ratio of 3 to 1. There can be a familial or a family pattern to who gets migraines. For some families there are clusters of relatives who have migraine headaches. Many women find they suffer from migraines much more frequently than men and there can be a hormonal component to the cause of their painful experiences. Seventy percent of these women have relatives who suffer from migraines.