Science2019United Stateshigh confidence

Approximately 1 in 14 U.S. adults experienced high-impact chronic pain in 2019, defined as pain on most or every day during the preceding 3 months that limited life or work activities.

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Confirmed by CDC NCHS Data Brief (Zelaya et al., 2020), CDC blog post, and independent 2024 media summary; consistent 7.4% figure across sources. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]

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