Table 3.

Prevalence of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain, contingent on presence/absence of anxiety/depression symptoms.

	Any chronic pain					Lower-impact CP			High-impact CP
	n*	N†	95 CI	Pop. %‡	95 CI	N	Pop. %	95 CI	N	Pop. %	95 CI
No A/D symptoms§	5559	38.0	3.6, 4.0	17.1%	16.6, 17.7	27.0	12.2%	11.7, 12.7	11.0	5.0%	4.7, 5.2
A/D symptoms	1599	12.0	11.1, 12.8	55.6%	53.2, 57.9	4.8	22.2%	20.3, 24.1	7.2	33.4%	31.1, 35.6
Depression only	503	3.7	3.3, 4.1	55.9%	51.8, 60.1	1.6	24.0%	10.6, 27.6	2.1	31.9%	28.0, 35.7
Anxiety only	255	1.9	1.6, 2.2	41.5%	36.4, 46.6	1.1	23.9%	19.3, 28.5	0.8	17.6%	13.9, 21.3
Depression and anxiety	829	6.3	5.8, 6.8	61.3%	58.1, 64.5	2.1	20.2%	17.6, 22.8	4.2	41.1%	37.9, 44.4

Data Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2019.

^*n = number of responses in survey sample.

^†N = national prevalence, reported in millions of US adults.

^‡Pop. % = national prevalence as a proportion of the US adult general population.

^§A/D symptoms are defined as clinically significant symptoms of anxiety, depression, or both.

A/D, anxiety/depression; CP, chronic pain.