A series of health surveys are conducted every sixth to seventh year in Denmark. In the most recent survey of 2000, a national random sample (>16 years) was drawn from the Danish Central Personal Register. Out of the original sample 12,333 (74%) were interviewed and of these 10,066 returned a completed questionnaire (SF-36). The present study includes only those who both took part in the interview and the postal questionnaire. @entity5 @entity1 were excluded. @entity1 suffering from @entity1118 (PG) were identified through the question 'Do you have chronic/long lasting @entity158 lasting 6 months or more'? An overall @entity1118 prevalence of 19% was found -16% for @entity1 and 21% for @entity1 . Prevalence of @entity1118 increased with increasing age. @entity1 >/=67 years had 3.9 higher odds of suffering from @entity1118 than @entity1 in the age group 16-24 years. Compared with married @entity1 , divorced or separated @entity1 had 1.5 higher odds of @entity1118 . Odds for @entity1118 were 1.9 higher among those with an education of less than 10 years compared with individuals with an education of 13 years or more. During a 14-day period reporters of @entity1118 had an average of 0.8 days (range 0-10) lost due to illness compared with an average of 0.4 days (range 0-10) for the control group (CG) (Odds Ratio (OR)) 2.0). @entity1 with a job which required high physical strain were more likely to report @entity1118 compared with those with a sedentary job (OR 2.2). The odds of quitting one's job because of ill health were seven times higher among @entity1 belonging to the PG. A strong association between @entity1118 and poor self-rated health was also demonstrated. The PG had twice as many contacts with various health professionals compared with the CG, and the health care system was, on average, utilised 25% more (overall contacts) by the PG than by the general population. Among the @entity1 in the PG, 33% were not satisfied with the examinations carried out in connection with their @entity158 condition and 40% were not satisfied with the treatment offered. Nearly 130,000 adults, corresponding to 3% of the Danish population, use opioids on a regular basis. Opioids are used by 12% of the PG.

Epidemiology of chronic non-malignant XXXX in Denmark.

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['Cancer'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Persons', 'women', 'patients', 'people', 'persons', 'men'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pain'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['pain']
