Table 2.
Prevalence of pain in specific anatomic sites, by age group among adults 65 years and older, United States: National Health and Aging Trends Study, 2011
| Pain site | Total (N=7,601) % |
65–69
years (n=1,407) % |
70–74
years (n=1,578) % |
75–79
years (n=1,511) % |
80–84
years (n=1,505) % |
85–89
years (n=951) % |
≥90
years (n=649) % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 30.3 | 30.4 | 28.7 | 30.5 | 31.7 | 30.9 | 32.0 |
| Knee | 24.8 | 25.0 | 22.9 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 26.0 | 28.5 |
| Shoulder | 19.9 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 22.4 |
| Hip | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 19.1 |
| Foot | 17.7 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 18.3 | 15.4 | 17.2 |
| Hand | 16.8 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 16.1 |
| Neck | 16.0 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 11.6 |
| Head | 9.7 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 7.5 |
| Wrist | 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 9.0 |
| Leg | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| Stomach | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| Arm | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| Total No. of sites | |||||||
| 0 | 47.1 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 46.2 | 48.1 | 44.1 | 44.0 |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 14.4 |
| 2 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 13.4 |
| 3 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 8.9 |
| ≥4 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 18.6 | 18.1 | 19.4 |