Table 2.
Pain Prevalence, Pain Severity, and Activity Limitation by Racial/Ethnic Categories, Cross-Sectional Analyses (HRS 2000)
| Variable | Non-Hispanic Whites,
n = 11,021 (80%) |
Non-Hispanic Blacks,
n = 1804 (13%) |
Hispanics,
n = 952 (7%) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain prevalence: Are you often troubled with pain? | 3003 (27) | 506 (28) | 312 (33) | .003 |
| *Pain severity: How bad is the pain most of the time? | ||||
| Mild | 825 (28) | 124 (25) | 79 (25) | .0001 |
| Moderate | 1665 (56) | 248 (49) | 149 (48) | |
| Severe | 504 (17) | 134 (27) | 83 (27) | |
| Activity limitation: Does the pain make it difficult for you to do your usual activities such as household chores or work? | ||||
| Yes | 1860 (62) | 352 (70) | 191 (61) | .004 |
| Mild pain | 320 (39) | 63 (51) | 28 (35) | .028 |
| Moderate pain | 1100 (66) | 169 (68) | 96 (64) | .726 |
| Severe pain | 432 (86) | 120 (90) | 67 (81) | .190 |
*
Does not equal 100% because of rounding error.