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Tension-type headaches account for nearly 90% of all headaches. Approximately 3% of population suffers from chronic-tension type headache.^[1]

↑ Rasmussen BK, Jensen R, Schroll M, Olesen J. Epidemiology of headache in a general population--a prevalence study. J Clin Epidemiol. 1991;44(11):1147-57.