One-fifth of U.S. adults live with chronic pain, study estimates
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About 20% of U.S. adults experience chronic pain, according to a new analysis.
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April 20 (UPI) -- One in five adults in the United States lives with chronic pain, a study published Tuesday by the journal Pain found.
More than 50.2 million adults nationally report experiencing chronic pain due to a variety of health conditions that range from arthritis to fibromyalgia, the data showed.
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Collectively, these pain-causing conditions result in $300 billion in lost productivity each year because of missed workdays other effects on job performance, the researchers said.