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. 2011 Nov-Dec;16(6):445–450. doi: 10.1155/2011/876306

TABLE 7.

Anatomical sites of pain (multiple sites counted) among chronic pain sufferers

Site % (95% CI)
Back - lower 35.5 (31.9–39.2)
Back - upper 15.4 (12.9–17.9)
Knee 14.9 (12.3–17.6)
Leg 13.7 (11.5–16.0)
Shoulder 11.2 (9.2–13.2)
Neck 9.3 (7.6–11.1)
Hip 8.9 (7.3–10.6)
Head 8.0 (6.0–10.1)
Foot 5.8 (4.3–7.4)
Arm 5.3 (3.9–6.7)
Hand 4.5 (3.3–5.7)
Joints 4.3 (3.0–5.5)
Ankle 2.8 (1.8–3.8)
Elbow 2.7 (1.2–4.2)
Abdomen 2.5 (1.7–3.3)
Stomach 2.4 (1.5–3.3)
Chest 2.3 (1.6–3.0)
Wrist 1.6 (0.8–2.4)
Bones 1.4 (0.9–2.0)
Entire/whole body 1.2 (0.6–1.8)