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by Alex3917 3319 days ago
The article you just linked to literally says it's over 50%. The 11% statistic is the percentage of Americans who are currently in pain. Whereas chronic pain is basically pain that's intermittent.

C.f. the IOM report on pain in America: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13172/relieving-pain-in-america-...