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.
Notes on verification
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]
Sources
- CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/nearly-1-in-4-us-adults-report-chronic-pain-cdc-finds/ (corroboration)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33151145/ (corroboration)