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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2009 May;10(5):447–485. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.12.001

Table 1.

Prevalence of Chronic Pain in Representative Samples

Study Country Prevalence Female Male
Bergman30 Sweden 12-month 38% 31%
Blythe41,* Australia 6-month 20% 17%
Bouhassira44 France Current 35% 28%
Breivik47 Europe 6-month 11% 10%
Gerdle158 Sweden 3-month 59% 48%
Rustoen351 Norway Current 28% 23%
Smith377 United Kingdom Current 52% 49%
Tsang415 17 countries 12-month 45% 31%
Von Korff427 United States 12-month 20% 18%
Wijnhoven442 Netherlands 12-month 49% 41%

NOTE. Bolded numbers reflect significant sex differences in prevalence.

*

Blyth et al did not indicate the significance of the difference.