Table 1.

Distribution of Wave-to-wave Pain Status Transitions in the HRS, 1993–2018

	Baseline status
	No pain (N = 52 094)		Nonlimiting pain (N = 9 649)		Limiting pain (N = 16 266)		Total (N = 77 996)
Outcome status	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Men
No pain	17 406	75.0	1 614	40.1	1 207	22.8	20 227	62.2
Nonlimiting pain	1 697	7.3	1 197	29.7	666	12.6	3 560	10.9
Limiting pain	1 572	6.8	752	18.7	2 425	45.9	4 749	14.6
Died	2 541	10.9	465	11.5	990	18.7	3 996	12.3
Total	23 218	100.0	4 028	100.0	5 288	100.0	32 521	100.0
Women
No pain	21 290	73.7	2 231	39.7	2 250	20.5	25 771	56.7
Nonlimiting pain	2 331	8.1	1 559	27.7	1 188	10.8	5 078	11.2
Limiting pain	2 837	9.8	1 374	24.4	6 144	56.0	10 355	22.8
Died	2 418	8.4	457	8.1	1 396	12.7	4 271	9.4
Total	28 876	100.0	5 621	100.0	10 978	100.0	45 475	100.0

Note: HRS = Health and Retirement Study.