Research Article
The Prevalence of Chronic Pain in the Adult Population in Israel: An Internet-Based Survey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of responders with or without chronic pain.
| | | Responders with CP (n = 515) | Responders without CP (n = 1,131) | -Value |
| | Females n(%) | 308 (59.8%) | 606 (53.6%) | |
| | Age n(%) | | | | | 18-24 | 63 (12.3%) | 242 (21.4%) | | | 25-34 | 85 (16.5%) | 269 (23.8%) | | | 35-44 | 73 (14.2%) | 192 (16.9%) | ns | | 45-54 | 66 (12.8%) | 132 (11.6%) | ns | | 55-64 | 155 (30.0%) | 195 (17.2%) | | | 65-74 | 73 (14.2%) | 102(9.0%) | |
| | Mean age | 46.55 ± 15.8 | 40.01 ± 15.6 | |
| | Median age | 49.0 | 36.7 | |
| | Employment n(%) | | | | | Full time | 244(47.4%) | 624 (55.2%) | | | Part time | 111 (21.5%) | 229 (20.3%) | ns | | House keeping | 13 (2.6%) | 22 (2%) | ns | | Retired | 74 (14.3%) | 98 (8.7%) | | | Unemployed | 35 (6.7%) | 51 (4.5%) | ns | | Other | 38 (7.4%) | 106 (9.4%) | ns |
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