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Defining the Prevalence of Chronic Pain in the United States | NCCIH

Defining the Prevalence of Chronic Pain in the United States | NCCIH

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)



Defining the Prevalence of Chronic Pain in the United States



Pain

Approximately 20 percent of U.S. adults had chronic pain and 8 percent had high-impact chronic pain—meaning pain that limited at least one major life activity—in 2016. These are the findings of a recent study that analyzed National Health Interview Survey data to establish the burden of pain in the United States and aid in the development and implementation of population-wide pain interventions.

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