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. 2005 Nov;95(11):2042–2048. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066225

TABLE 1—

Prevalence and Adjusted Odds of Pain-Related Activity Difficulty (PRAD), by Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics: 2002

No PRAD days (0 days in past 30) Infrequent PRAD (1–13 days in past 30) Frequent PRAD (14–30 days in past 30)
Characteristic % (95% CI) AORa (95% CI) % (95% CI) AORa (95% CI) % (95% CI) AORa (95% CI)
Age group, y
    18–24 79.8 (77.9, 81.6) 1.0 16.8 (15.1, 18.6) 1.0 3.4 (2.7, 4.4) 1.0
    25–34 79.8 (78.4, 81.1) 0.9 (0.7, 1.0) 15.8 (14.6, 17.1) 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 4.4 (3.8, 5.1) 1.6 (1.2, 2.2)
    35–44 74.7 (73.4, 76.0) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) 16.6 (15.6, 17.8) 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 8.7 (7.8, 9.6) 3.0 (2.2, 4.0)
    45–54 70.6 (69.1, 72.0) 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) 17.1 (16.0, 18.3) 1.1 (1.0, 1.4) 12.3 (11.3, 13.5) 3.9 (2.9, 5.4)
    55–64 72.3 (70.7, 73.8) 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) 14.6 (13.3, 15.9) 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 13.2 (12.1, 14.3) 3.4 (2.5, 4.6)
    65–74 73.8 (72.0, 75.6) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 12.3 (11.1, 13.7) 0.7 (0.6, 0.9) 13.8 (12.5, 15.3) 3.2 (2.3, 4.5)
    ≥ 75 72.9 (70.7, 75.0) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 11.6 (10.3, 13.1) 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) 15.5 (13.7, 17.5) 3.3 (2.3, 4.6)
Gender
    Men 77.4 (76.5, 78.3) 1.0 14.6 (13.9, 15.4) 1.0 8.0 (7.5, 8.6) 1.0
    Women 72.9 (72.1, 73.7) 0.8 (0.8, 0.9)d 16.5 (15.9, 17.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.3) 10.6 (10.0, 11.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.3)
Race/ethnicity
    White, non- Hispanic 74.2 (73.6, 74.8) 1.0 15.9 (15.4, 16.4) 1.0 9.9 (9.5, 10.3) 1.0
    Black, non-Hispanic 76.4 (74.1, 78.4) 1.3 (1.2, 1.5) 15.1 (13.5, 17.0) 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 8.5 (7.2, 10.1) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8)
    Hispanic 77.8 (75.2, 80.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.5) 14.9 (13.0, 17.0) 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 7.4 (5.8, 9.3) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)
    Other b 76.8 (74.1, 79.3) 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 14.8(12.6, 17.2) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 8.4 (7.0, 10.1) 0.9 (0.7, 1.2)
Education
    < High-school graduate 71.8 (69.6, 73.9) 1.0 13.1 (11.7, 14.7) 1.0 15.1 (13.4, 16.9) 1.0
    High-school graduate 74.0 (72.9, 75.1) 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) 15.5 (14.6, 16.4) 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 10.5 (9.9, 11.2) 0.8 (0.7, 1.0)
    > High-school graduate 76.3 (75.6, 77.1) 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 16.2 (15.5, 16.9) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 7.5 (7.0, 7.9) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8)
Marital status
    Currently married 76.7 (76.0, 77.5) 1.0 14.6 (14.0, 15.3) 1.0 8.7 (8.2, 9.2) 1.0
    Previously marriedc 68.2 (66.9, 69.5) 0.8 (0.7, 0.8)d 16.2 (15.2, 17.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.3) 15.6 (14.6, 16.7) 1.3 (1.1, 1.4)
    Never marriedc 76.3 (74.8, 77.7) 0.8 (0.7, 0.9) 17.6 (16.4, 18.9) 1.3 (1.1, 1.4) 6.1 (5.4, 7.0) 1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
Employment status
    Employed 79.0 (78.3, 79.7) 1.0 15.7 (15.1, 16.4) 1.0 5.3 (5.0, 5.7) 1.0
    Unemployed 70.3 (67.2, 73.2) 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) 17.8 (15.5, 20.5) 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 11.9 (9.9, 14.2) 2.5 (2.0, 3.1)
    Unable to work 26.6 (23.5, 30.0) 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)d 17.8 (15.3, 20.5) 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) 55.7 (52.0, 59.3) 17.5 (14.7, 20.7)
    Retired 73.1 (71.7, 74.4) 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) 13.2 (12.2, 14.3) 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 13.7 (12.7, 14.8) 2.0 (1.7, 2.5)
    Student/homemaker 75.7 (73.9, 77.4) 0.8 (0.7, 0.9) 16.5 (15.0, 18.1) 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 7.8 (6.9, 8.9) 1.7 (1.4, 2.1)

Note. CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.

aAdjusted by gender, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, and employment status.

bAsian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; other race, non-Hispanic; multirace, non-Hispanic.

cPreviously married includes those divorced, widowed, or separated; never married includes those never married and members of unmarried couples.

dPoint estimate is the same as either the upper or lower bound of the confidence interval because of rounding.