Table 5.

Fries pain scale (PS) ratings

Fries pain indicators	Total population (n = 52,996)	Intact (n = 7,428)	Mild (n = 13,928)	Moderate (n = 15,216)	Severe (n = 16,424)
Pain frequency (J2a)
No pain	36,470 (68.8%)	3,887 (52.3%)	8,411 (60.4%)	10,737 (70.6%)	13,435 (81.8%)
Pain less than daily	9,731 (18.4%)	1,869 (25.2%)	3,144 (22.6%)	2,796 (18.4%)	1,922 (11.7%)
Pain daily	6,795 (12.8%)	1,672 (22.5%)	2,373 (17.0%)	1,683 (11.0%)	1,067 (6.5%)
Pain totals	16,526 (31.2%)	3,541 (47.7%)	5,517 (39.6%)	4,479(29.4%)	2,989 (18.2%)
Pain intensity (J2b)
Mild pain	8, 046 (15.2% of total, or 49% within reported pain)	1,514 (20.4%/42.8%)	2,608 (18.7%/47.3%)	2,295 (15.1%/51.2%)	1,629 (9.9%/54.5%)
Moderate pain	7,946 (15%/48%)	1,873 (25.2%/52.9%)	2,731 (19.6%/49.5%)	2,065 (13.6%/46.1%)	1,277 (7.8%/42.7%)
Horrible/excruciating	534 (1%/3%)	154 (2.1%/4.3%)	178(1.3%/3.2%)	119 (.8%/2.7%)	83 (0.5%/2.8%)
Total	16,526	3,541	5,517	4,479	2,989