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Women Report Pain More Often Than Men, Global 6-Million-Person Analysis Finds
Key Takeaways
- A global analysis published in Nature Medicine examined self-reported pain data from 6,125,459 people ages 5 to over 100 across 118 countries and territories, collected between 1990 and 2025.
- Pain prevalence varied from about 2% for facial pain to roughly 40% for back pain across the 11 body areas studied.
- Women reported pain more often than men in all 11 body areas, with the widest gaps for facial pain, headaches, and stomach or abdominal pain.
- Pain prevalence rose most sharply before age 55, with headaches and abdominal pain peaking earlier in life while back, hip and knee pain kept increasing with age.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com
