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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics:

  • One-fifth of adults 65 years and older said they had experienced pain in the past month that persisted for more than 24 hours.
  • Almost three-fifths of adults 65 and older with pain said it had lasted for 1 year or more.
  • More than one-quarter of adults interviewed said they had experienced low back pain in the past 3 months.
  • Fifteen percent of adults experienced migraine or severe headache in the past 3 months. Adults ages 18-44 were almost three times as likely as adults 65 and older to report migraines or severe headaches.
  • Reports of severe joint pain increased with age, and women reported severely painful joints more often than men (10 percent versus 7 percent).
  • Between the periods 1988-1994 and 1999-2002, the percentage of adults who took a narcotic drug to alleviate pain in the past month rose from 3.2 percent to 4.2 percent.
  • Diabetes poses a growing threat, especially among older adults. Eleven percent of adults aged 40-59 years, and 23 percent of those 60 and older have diabetes.

Additionally:

Low back pain is among the most common complaints, along with migraine or severe headache, and joint pain, aching or stiffness. The knee is the joint that causes the most pain according to the report. Hospitalization rates for knee replacement procedures rose nearly 90 percent between 1992-1993 and 2003-2004 among those 65 and older.

The report also finds that the United States spent an average of $6,280 per person on health care in 2004. Seven percent of adults under 65 said they passed up getting needed care in the past 12 months due to costs.