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

Status: Getting worse

  
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Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
7.9 percent (2023) *

Target:
6.4 percent 1  *

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
6.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over had high impact chronic pain in 2019 2 *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Reduce the proportion of adults with high impact chronic pain

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Summary

Chronic pain is a serious health problem — and one of the key underlying causes of the opioid crisis. Physical therapy interventions and strategies to help people manage their pain, like physical activity interventions, can help treat chronic pain along with non-opioid medicines.

Topic:  Chronic Pain



1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.