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Reduce the proportion of adults with chronic pain that frequently limits life or work activities — CP‑01 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
7.9 percent (2023) *

Target:
6.4 percent  *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over had high impact chronic pain in 2019  *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Adults with high impact chronic pain, 2019-2023 * 
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2019 2021 2023
Total
6.9
CI 6.6 / 7.3
SE 0.173
6.4
CI 6.1 / 6.7
SE 0.163
7.9
CI 7.5 / 8.3
SE 0.191