Data show 24.3% of U.S. adults had chronic pain in past three months in 2023

Medical Xpress November 22, 2024
Elana Gotkine

In 2023, 24.3 percent of U.S. adults had chronic pain in the previous three months, according to a November data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Jacqueline W. Lucas, M.P.H., and Inderbir Sohi, M.S.P.H., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, used data from the 2023 National Health Interview Survey to provide updated percentages of adults who experienced chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in the previous three months.

The researchers found that 24.3 percent of adults had chronic pain and 8.5 percent of adults had chronic pain that frequently limited life or work activities (high-impact chronic pain) in the previous three months in 2023.