Joint Pain Among Adults with Arthritis Text Description

Age-standardized,^* state-specific percentage of severe joint pain^† among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years with arthritis^§ — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2017

• * Estimates were age-standardized to the 2000 projected U.S. population aged ≥18 years using three age groups (18–44, 45–64, and ≥65 years).
• ^† Severe joint pain was defined as a response of 7–10 to “Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication. On a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be, during the past 30 days, how bad was your joint pain on average?”
• ^§ Respondents were classified as having arthritis if they responded “yes” to the question “Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health care professional that you have arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?”