Prevalence and municipal variation in chronic musculoskeletal pain among independent older people: data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES)

Yamada, Keiko; Fujii, Tomoko; Kubota, Yasuhiko; Ikeda, Takaaki; Hanazato, Masamichi; Kondo, Naoki; Matsudaira, Ko; Kondo, Katsunori

doi:10.1186/s12891-022-05694-y

Table 2 Prevalence of chronic pain by age group and gender (n = 12,883)

From: Prevalence and municipal variation in chronic musculoskeletal pain among independent older people: data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES)

Participant group	Age group (years)	Total		Men		Women
Participant group	Age group (years)	n	%	n	%	n	%
All	65–69	3721	100	1926	100	1795	100
	70–74	4004	100	2064	100	1940	100
	75–79	2922	100	1489	100	1433	100
	80–84	1565	100	842	100	723	100
	≥ 85	671	100	366	100	305	100
	Total	12,883	100	6687	100	6196	100
CMP	65–69	1402	37.7	683	35.5	719	40.1
	70–74	1469	36.7	711	34.4	758	39.1
	75–79	1210	41.4	560	37.6	650	45.4
	80–84	655	41.9	334	39.7	321	44.4
	≥ 85	284	42.3	140	38.3	144	47.2
	Total	5020	39.0	2428	36.3	2592	41.8
Shoulder	65–69	549	14.8	274	14.2	275	15.3
	70–74	582	14.5	290	14.1	292	15.1
	75–79	427	14.6	192	12.9	235	16.4
	80–84	240	15.3	120	14.3	120	16.6
	≥ 85	88	13.1	40	10.9	48	15.7
	Total	1886	14.6	916	13.7	970	15.7
Lower back	65–69	432	11.6	233	12.1	199	11.1
	70–74	473	11.8	251	12.2	222	11.4
	75–79	465	15.9	227	15.2	238	16.6
	80–84	261	16.7	137	16.3	124	17.2
	≥ 85	126	18.8	64	17.5	62	20.3
	Total	1757	13.6	912	13.6	845	13.6
Knee	65–69	367	9.9	149	7.7	218	12.1
	70–74	409	10.2	148	7.2	261	13.5
	75–79	380	13.0	134	9.0	246	17.2
	80–84	244	15.6	113	13.4	131	18.1
	≥ 85	126	18.8	49	13.4	77	25.2
	Total	1526	11.8	593	8.9	933	15.1
Neck	65–69	237	6.4	136	7.1	101	5.6
	70–74	271	6.8	134	6.5	137	7.1
	75–79	205	7.0	109	7.3	96	6.7
	80–84	113	7.2	60	7.1	53	7.3
	≥ 85	37	5.5	20	5.5	17	5.6
	Total	863	6.7	459	6.9	404	6.5
Finger	65–69	261	7.0	101	5.2	160	8.9
	70–74	260	6.5	99	4.8	161	8.3
	75–79	197	6.7	86	5.8	111	7.7
	80–84	97	6.2	39	4.6	58	8.0
	≥ 85	32	4.8	11	3.0	21	6.9
	Total	847	6.6	336	5.0	511	8.2
Hip	65–69	213	5.7	95	4.9	118	6.6
	70–74	232	5.8	115	5.6	117	6.0
	75–79	206	7.0	91	6.1	115	8.0
	80–84	128	8.2	74	8.8	54	7.5
	≥ 85	56	8.3	29	7.9	27	8.9
	Total	835	6.5	404	6.0	431	7.0
Back	65–69	158	4.2	73	3.8	85	4.7
	70–74	184	4.6	90	4.4	94	4.8
	75–79	156	5.3	66	4.4	90	6.3
	80–84	99	6.3	48	5.7	51	7.1
	≥ 85	34	5.1	18	4.9	16	5.2
	Total	631	4.9	295	4.4	336	5.4
Ankle	65–69	117	3.1	44	2.3	73	4.1
	70–74	120	3.0	50	2.4	70	3.6
	75–79	125	4.3	48	3.2	77	5.4
	80–84	86	5.5	36	4.3	50	6.9
	≥ 85	32	4.8	18	4.9	14	4.6
	Total	480	3.7	196	2.9	284	4.6
Wrist	65–69	138	3.7	53	2.8	85	4.7
	70–74	118	2.9	47	2.3	71	3.7
	75–79	92	3.1	35	2.4	57	4.0
	80–84	52	3.3	26	3.1	26	3.6
	≥ 85	34	5.1	11	3.0	23	7.5
	Total	434	3.4	172	2.6	262	4.2
Toe	65–69	99	2.7	39	2.0	60	3.3
	70–74	105	2.6	42	2.0	63	3.2
	75–79	102	3.5	38	2.6	64	4.5
	80–84	75	4.8	36	4.3	39	5.4
	≥ 85	23	3.4	13	3.6	10	3.3
	Total	404	3.1	168	2.5	236	3.8
Elbow	65–69	112	3.0	69	3.6	43	2.4
	70–74	98	2.4	59	2.9	39	2.0
	75–79	91	3.1	53	3.6	38	2.7
	80–84	52	3.3	35	4.2	17	2.4
	≥ 85	24	3.6	11	3.0	13	4.3
	Total	377	2.9	227	3.4	150	2.4
CWTP	65–69	455	12.2	218	11.3	237	13.2
	70–74	492	12.3	231	11.2	261	13.5
	75–79	469	16.1	197	13.2	272	19.0
	80–84	262	16.7	129	15.3	133	18.4
	≥ 85	119	17.7	55	15.0	64	21.0
	Total	1797	13.9	830	12.4	967	15.6
CMSP	65–69	338	9.1	154	8.0	184	10.3
	70–74	360	9.0	160	7.8	200	10.3
	75–79	328	11.2	131	8.8	197	13.7
	80–84	206	13.2	98	11.6	108	14.9
	≥ 85	89	13.3	38	10.4	51	16.7
	Total	1321	10.3	581	8.7	740	11.9

CMP Chronic musculoskeletal pain, CWTP Chronic widespread-type pain, CMSP Chronic multisite pain
Chronic widespread-type pain was defined as chronic pain in both the spinal area (i.e., neck, back, or lower back) and any peripheral area
Chronic multisite pain was defined as chronic pain in three or more sites
Proportions were adjusted for age and gender

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