Managing chronic pain in elderly patients requires a CHANGE of approach

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Table 1. Projected population of the 27 European Union member states2.

	Percentage aged 65+			Percentage aged 80+
	2008	2035	2060	2008	2035	2060
EU27	17.1	25.4	30.0	4.4	7.9	12.1

Table 2. Demographic profile of survey participants by age and gender22.

		Total EU (Big 5) Adults		Age Less than 65		Age 65+		Experiencing Pain (in the past month)† & Age <65			Experiencing Pain (in the past month)† & Age 65+
	Total EU (Big 5) Adults & Age 18+	Age <65	Age 65+	Not Experiencing Pain	Experiencing Pain (in the past month)†	Not Experiencing Pain	Experiencing Pain (in the past month)†	Severe	Moderate	Mild	Severe	Moderate	Mild
	253.7M	191.7M	62.0M	140.5M	38.8M	47.5M	12.3M	6.9M	22.4M	9.6M	1.8M	8.3M	2.2M
	(n = 57,805)	(n = 47,842)	(n = 9963)	(n = 34,480)	(n = 10,237)	(n = 7521)	(n = 2083)	(n = 1970)	(n = 5837)	(n = 2430)	(n = 321)	(n = 1349)	(n = 412)
Male	49%	51%	43%	53%	43%	46%	32%	36%	40%	54%	28%	29%	48%
Female	51%	49%	57%	47%	57%	54%	68%	64%	60%	46%	72%	71%	52%
Mean Age (Years)	48.6	41.7	69.8	41.5	43.6	69.8	70.0	46.3	44.0	40.4	70.5	69.9	69.6

†Excludes dental problems, headache, menstrual pain or migraine only.

Figure 1. The decline in organ function with age. Adapted with permission from Fries (2000)57.

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