Who Suffers from Pain?
- NEARLY EVERYONE!
- 25% of America and nearly 70% of Those over 65 Years old!
Interesting Pain Statistics:
According to the American Academy of Pain Management:
- 50 million Americans live with chronic pain
- Another 25 million Americans suffer acute pain due to surgery or accident.
- 67% of have been living with this pain for more than five years.
- 36 million Americans miss work annually due to pain
- 70 million office visits to physicians were motivated by pain complaints.
- 80% of nursing home residents are suffering from undertreated pain
- 40% of pain moderate to severe pain suffers can not find adequate relief
References:
- American Academy of Pain Management, Pain Issues: Pain is An Epidemic, December 2009.