Hundreds of millions of people around the world experience chronic pain – meaning pain that lasts longer than three months. While the numbers vary from country to country, most studies estimate that about 10% of the global population is affected, so more than 800 million people.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2021, about 20% of U.S. adults – or more than 50 million people – were experiencing chronic pain. Of those, about 7% experienced what’s called high-impact chronic pain, which is pain that substantially limits a person’s daily activities.
