Factfile: Interesting facts about chronic pain.
One in four households has an adult sufferer of chronic pain.
20 per cent of chronic pain sufferers have been in pain for 20 years.
One in five sufferers of chronic pain has lost his/her job due to their condition.
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The average age of the chronic pain sufferer is 48.
Of those with chronic pain, 30 - 40 per cent suffer pain from musculo-skeletal and joint disorders, 30 per cent suffer from neck and back pain and less than 10 per cent suffer from headaches and migraine.
Other chronic pain sufferers include those with post-surgery pain, facial pain and cancer pain.