Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults in the US

• "In 2023, 24.3% of adults had chronic pain, and 8.5% of adults had high-impact chronic pain (Figure 1, Table 1).
• "Women were more likely to have chronic pain (25.4%) and high-impact chronic pain (9.6%) than men (23.2% and 7.3%, respectively)."

"NOTES: Chronic pain is based on responses of “most days” or “every day” to the survey question, “In the past 3 months, how often did you have pain? Would you say never, some days, most days, or every day?” High-impact chronic pain is defined as adults who have chronic pain and who responded “most days” or “every day” to the survey question, “Over the past 3 months, how often did your pain limit your life or work activities? Would you say never, some days, most days, or every day?” Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population."