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Comments Submitted to HHS’ Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force in Response to Their Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices

April 4, 2019 Written by brendankiel

PAPR Coalition Pain Management BPITF Draft Report Comments April 2019

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Incidence of Pain, as Compared to Major Conditions

Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined.

Condition Number of Sufferers
Chronic Pain 100 million Americans1
Diabetes 25.8 million Americans
(diagnosed and estimated undiagnosed)2
Coronary Heart Disease 16.3 million Americans3
Stroke 7.0 million Americans3
Cancer 11.9 million Americans4
Sources
1Institute of Medicine of The National Academies
2American Diabetes Association
3American Heart Association
4American Cancer Society