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Primary headaches are underdiagnosed and undertreated, with a significant impact on social activities and work.<jats:italic>Aim.<\/jats:italic>To determine the last-year prevalence and health care utilization pattern of primary headaches at a tertiary centre.<jats:italic>Methods.<\/jats:italic>A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst staff of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. 402 staff members were selected by simple random sampling and administered a detailed structured headache assessment questionnaire. Migraine and tension-type headache were diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Headache Society (2004).<jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>The participants comprised 168 males and 234 females. The mean age was<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mn>36.9<\/mml:mn><mml:mo>\u00b1<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>7.9<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>years. The overall headache prevalence was 39.3% with female predominance (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.0001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). Tension-type headache was the most prevalent at 72.8% and migraine at 18.9%. Unclassifiable headache constituted 8.2%. Migraine headache showed female preponderance (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.000<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). 80.4% of participants did not seek medical consultation compared with 19.6% who did (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.000<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). Of the latter, 83.9% consulted the general practitioner (GP), whilst 16.1% consulted the neurologist.<jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic>Primary headache prevalence is high in our population. 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