Chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain higher among women, adults ages 65 years and older<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In 2019, more than 20 percent of U.S. adults reported chronic pain in the last three months, according to a November data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.<\/p>\n
Carla E. Zelaya, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues examined chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in the previous three months among U.S. adults ages 18 years and older using data from the National Health Interview Survey.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that 20.4 percent of adults had chronic pain in 2019, and 7.4 percent had chronic pain that frequently limited life or work activities (high-impact chronic pain) in the previous three months. Chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain increased with age; the percentage of adults with chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain was highest for adults ages 65 years and older. The likelihood of having chronic pain was higher for non-Hispanic White adults versus non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Asian adults (23.6 percent versus 19.3, 13.0, and 6.8 percent, respectively). As place of residence became more rural, the percentage of adults with chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain increased.<\/p>\n
“Chronic pain was highest among women (21.7 percent), non-Hispanic White adults (23.6 percent), and those aged 65 and over (30.8 percent),” the authors write. “High-impact chronic pain was highest among women (8.5 percent) and those aged 65 and over (11.8 percent).”<\/p>\n