Table 1.
Characteristics of United States older adults (age ≥50 years) with self-reported pain in the past 4 weeks, stratified by pain severity.
| Factors | Total (Weighted N = 57,074,842) Weighted % (95% CI) | Extreme/quite a bit pain (Weighted N = 14,250,534) Weighted % (95% CI) | Moderate/little pain (Weighted N = 42,824,307) Weighted % (95% CI) | P |
| Predisposing factors: | ||||
| Age (yr) | .28 | |||
| 50, 64 | 49.0 (47.0, 51.0) | 47.5 (44.2, 50.8) | 49.5 (47.2, 51.8) | |
| ≥65 | 51.0 (49.0, 53.0) | 52.5 (49.2, 55.8) | 50.5 (48.2, 52.8) | |
| Gender | <.01 | |||
| Male | 44.8 (43.5, 46.1) | 40.8 (37.9, 43.8) | 46.1 (44.5, 47.6) | |
| Female | 55.2 (53.9, 56.5) | 59.2 (56.2, 62.1) | 53.9 (52.4, 55.5) | |
| Race | <.01 | |||
| White | 81.1 (79.5, 82.7) | 76.2 (73.4, 79.0) | 82.8 (81.1, 84.5) | |
| Other | 18.9 (17.3, 20.5) | 23.8 (21.0, 26.6) | 17.2 (15.5, 18.9) | |
| Ethnicity | .94 | |||
| Hispanic | 10.1 (8.8, 11.4) | 10.0 (7.8, 12.2) | 10.1 (8.7, 11.5) | |
| Non, Hispanic | 89.9 (88.6, 91.2) | 90.0 (87.8, 92.2) | 89.9 (88.5, 91.3) | |
| Enabling factors: | ||||
| Marital status | <.01 | |||
| Married | 57.2 (55.1, 59.2) | 49.9 (46.6, 53.3) | 59.6 (57.3, 61.8) | |
| Other | 42.8 (40.8, 44.9) | 50.1 (46.7, 53.4) | 40.4 (38.2, 42.7) | |
| Poverty status | <.01 | |||
| <200% federal poverty level | 32.2 (30.3, 34.2) | 50.0 (46.5, 53.5) | 26.3 (24.4, 28.2) | |
| ≥200% federal poverty level | 67.8 (65.8, 69.7) | 50.0 (46.5, 53.5) | 73.7 (71.8, 75.6) | |
| Employment status | <.01 | |||
| Employed | 39.0 (36.8, 41.2) | 17.1 (14.6, 19.5) | 46.3 (43.7, 48.8) | |
| Unemployed | 61.0 (58.8, 63.2) | 82.9 (80.5, 85.4) | 53.7 (51.2, 56.3) | |
| Education status | <.01 | |||
| Less than high school | 16.2 (14.8, 17.7) | 25.0 (21.6, 28.4) | 13.3 (12.0, 14.7) | |
| Up to high school | 33.0 (31.4, 34.6) | 35.1 (32.2, 38.0) | 32.3 (30.5, 34.2) | |
| Higher than high school | 50.7 (48.7, 52.8) | 39.9 (36.4, 43.4) | 54.3 (52.1, 56.5) | |
| Health insurance coverage status | <.01 | |||
| Private | 61.0 (59.1, 62.9) | 43.7 (40.1, 47.3) | 66.8 (64.8, 68.8) | |
| Public | 35.4 (33.6, 37.3) | 52.7 (49.3, 56.1) | 29.7 (27.7, 31.6) | |
| Uninsured | 3.6 (2.9, 4.2) | 3.6 (2.4, 4.8) | 3.6 (2.9, 4.2) | |
| Need factors: | ||||
| Any limitation | <.01 | |||
| Yes | 50.8 (48.9, 52.7) | 79.4 (76.6, 82.3) | 41.2 (39.2, 43.3) | |
| No | 49.2 (47.3, 51.1) | 20.6 (17.7, 23.4) | 58.8 (56.7, 60.8) | |
| Chronic health conditions | <.01 | |||
| 0 | 4.9 (4.1, 5.7) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.0) | 6.0 (5.0, 7.1) | |
| 1 | 10.1 (9.1, 11.1) | 4.1 (3.1, 5.2) | 12.1 (10.9, 13.4) | |
| 2 | 15.6 (14.3, 17.0) | 12.1 (9.8, 14.4) | 16.8 (15.2, 18.4) | |
| 3 | 18.9 (17.6, 20.1) | 13.7 (11.6, 15.8) | 20.6 (19.0, 22.1) | |
| 4 | 16.6 (15.4, 17.7) | 16.1 (13.9, 18.2) | 16.7 (15.3, 18.2) | |
| ≥5 | 33.9 (32.2, 35.6) | 52.6 (49.1, 56.1) | 27.7 (25.9, 29.5) | |
| Perceived physical health status | <.01 | |||
| Excellent/very good | 35.5 (33.9, 37.2) | 14.5 (12.4, 16.6) | 42.5 (40.6, 44.5) | |
| Good | 37.5 (35.9, 39.0) | 31.0 (28.0, 33.9) | 39.6 (37.7, 41.5) | |
| Fair/poor | 27.0 (25.5, 28.5) | 54.5 (51.0, 58.0) | 17.8 (16.3, 19.3) | |
| Perceived mental health status | <.01 | |||
| Excellent/very good | 52.0 (50.1, 53.9) | 31.7 (28.5, 34.9) | 58.8 (56.7, 60.9) | |
| Good | 33.5 (31.8, 35.3) | 39.8 (36.3, 43.3) | 31.4 (29.4, 33.5) | |
| Fair/poor | 14.5 (13.3, 15.6) | 28.5 (25.6, 31.4) | 9.8 (8.7, 10.9) | |
| Personal health practices factors: | ||||
| Current smoker | <.01 | |||
| Yes | 14.9 (13.8, 16.0) | 22.4 (19.9, 24.9) | 12.4 (11.2, 13.6) | |
| No | 85.1 (84.0, 86.2) | 77.6 (76.1, 80.1) | 87.6 (86.4, 88.8) | |
| Regular exercise | <.01 | |||
| Yes | 41.9 (40.0, 43.7) | 28.7 (25.8, 31.5) | 46.3 (44.2, 48.3) | |
| No | 58.1 (56.3, 60.0) | 71.3 (68.5, 74.2) | 53.7 (51.7, 55.8) | |
| External environmental factors: | ||||
| Census region | <.01 | |||
| South | 38.2 (36.1, 40.3) | 45.0 (41.0, 49.1) | 35.9 (33.6, 38.3) | |
| Northeast | 18.2 (16.5, 19.8) | 17.0 (13.8, 20.1) | 18.6 (16.7, 20.4) | |
| Midwest | 22.1 (20.3, 23.9) | 19.8 (16.7, 22.8) | 22.9 (20.8, 24.9) | |
| West | 21.5 (19.7, 23.3) | 18.2 (15.5, 20.9) | 22.6 (20.5, 24.7) | |