Table 3.

Summary Measures of Trends in Pain Prevalence Across Pain Measures, by Sex and Age

Age group	Grand averagea	Average annual percent change	p-Value for total changeb	Grand averagea	Average annual percent change	p-Value for total changeb
	Males			Females
Any pain
55–61	29.2	+2.25	.00	33.8	+1.99	.00
62–71	29.5	+3.06	.00	36.2	+2.19	.00
72+	27.1	+2.08	.00	35.4	+1.83	.00
55+	29.7	+3.08	.00	36.0	+1.96	.00
Weighted average	28.7	+2.44	—	35.0	+1.99	—
Mild/moderate nonlimiting pain
55–61	10.4	+2.34	.00	10.1	+2.26	.00
62–71	11.8	+3.37	.00	12.0	+3.29	.00
72+	10.9	+2.08	.00	10.4	+2.39	.00
55+	11.5	+2.44	.00	11.2	+2.56	.00
Weighted average	11.0	+2.57	—	10.7	+2.60	—
Severe and/or limiting pain
55–61	18.8	+2.21	.00	23.7	+1.89	.00
62–71	17.7	+2.87	.00	24.2	+1.61	.00
72+	16.2	+1.57	.00	25.0	+1.47	.00
55+	18.2	+2.36	.00	24.8	+1.67	.00
Weighted average	17.7	+2.23	—	24.3	+1.67	—

^aAverage of all observations aggregated across waves.

^bProbability that prevalence did not change from first to last observed wave.