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SUBMITTER: Case A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7547221 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case Anne A Deaton Angus A Stone Arthur A AA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20200921 40
There is an expectation that, on average, pain will increase with age, through accumulated injury, physical wear and tear, and an increasing burden of disease. Consistent with that expectation, pain rises with age into old age in other wealthy countries. However, in America today, the elderly report less pain than those in midlife. This is the mystery of American pain. Using multiple datasets and definitions of pain, we show today's midlife Americans have had more pain throughout adulthood than ...[more]