New Study Shows Women Experience More Pain Than Men
A new study analyzing millions of data points from 118 countries revealed that women experience higher rates of pain than men across all regions of the body.
A comprehensive study examining data from more than 6 million people across 118 countries between 1990 and 2025 found that women experience higher rates of pain than men in all parts of the body.
Comprehensive Data Analysis
As part of the study, data from more than 6 million individuals ranging from 5 years of age to over 100 years old, spanning 118 countries between 1990 and 2025, were thoroughly analyzed.
Eleven Different Body Regions
Experts evaluated pain conditions in 11 different regions of the body in detail, including the head, face, neck, shoulder, foot, hand, elbow, chest, back, stomach, and knee.
Gender Differences in Pain
The findings clearly revealed that the pain rates reported by women were higher than those of men across all examined regions.
Distribution by Age Groups
According to the study results, pain rates in both women and men increased rapidly before the age of 55, while pain reached its peak at age 75 and later.
Most and Least Common Occurrences
Approximately 40 percent of participants stated that they experienced back pain, while facial pain was recorded as the least reported type of pain with a rate of 2 percent.
Factors Affecting the Burden of Pain
It was calculated that 18.3 percent of the global pain burden is directly linked to tobacco use, obesity, and low household income.