Women Have More Pain Than Men

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Women are more likely than men to report having constant or frequent pain, including neck or back pain and headaches or migraines, according to Opinion Research Corp. International and Campbell Mithun Esty Health (CME Health) research, sponsored by HoMedics. More than a quarter of women experience frequent headaches / migraines (28%) and neck pain (27%), compared to less than two in 10 men (17% and 19%, respectively).

While back pain affects about one third of both women and men, it is more prevalent in women (34%) than men (29%). Women are almost twice as likely as men to report high levels of chronic pain: 15% of women versus 8% of men report such pain.

Women are …