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According to the 2001-02 American Productivity Audit, 8.63 percent of 18 to 29 year old workers reported that they lost more than 2 hours a week in productive time due to pain-related conditions in the previous two weeks, compared to 8.40 percent of 30 to 39 year olds, 7.82 percent of 40 to 49 year olds, and 6.36 percent of 50 to 65 year olds. (p. 2450).


Stewart, W. F., Ricci, J. A., Chee, E., Morganstein, D., & Lipton, R. (2003). Lost productive time and cost due to common pain conditions in the US workforce. JAMA : The Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(18), 2443-2454

This study is based on data reporting "lost productive time during a 2 week period from a cross-sectional study using survey data from the American Productivity Audit of a random sample of 28902 working adults in the US between August 1, 2001 and July 30, 2002."

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