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E-Mail Chronic pain is among the most common chronic conditions in the United States, but estimates of its prevalence and impact vary widely. In 2019, the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added a new set of questions relating to pain to its National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), a large household-based annual survey that offers valuable insights into the health statuses of U.S. adults nationwide. In an article published in Pain, researchers from Brigham and Women s Hospital and Mass Eye and Ear report that 50.2 million (20.5 percent) U.S. adults experience chronic pain based on analysis of the new NHIS data. They estimated the total value of lost productivity due to chronic pain to be nearly $300 billion annually. ....
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One-fifth of U.S. adults live with chronic pain, study estimates By About 20% of U.S. adults experience chronic pain, according to a new analysis. Photo by Whitesession/Pixabay 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. Advertisement 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. ....