Table 3

Pain prevalence over the past 4 weeks according to different ages

Age	Gender	Pain free	Experienced pain	4-week prevalence rate	Pain severity
Age	Gender	Pain free	Experienced pain	4-week prevalence rate	Mean	SD
18–44 (n=796)	Male	157	170	51.99	5.08	2.70
	Female	182	287	61.19	4.51	2.46
	Sum	339	457	57.41	4.72	2.57
45–59 (n=977)	Male	147	318	68.39	5.06	2.33
	Female	155	357	69.73	4.99	2.37
	Sum	302	675	69.09	5.02	2.35
60 and above (n=279)	Male	33	82	71.30	5.29	2.53
	Female	20	144	87.80	5.00	2.60
	Sum	53	226	81.00	5.11	2.57
All ages	Male	337	570	62.84	5.10	2.47
	Female	357	788	68.82	4.82	2.45
n=2052	Total	694	1358	66.18	4.94	2.47