Prevalence of Pain Diagnoses and Burden of Pain Among Active Duty Soldiers, FY2012

Table I.

Distribution of Types of Pain Diagnoses, Army Active Duty Soldiers (Non-Deployed), FY2012

	Soldiers (N = 297,120)^a
	Any Diagnosis		Primary Diagnosis
	N	%	N	%
Any pain diagnosis	188,037	63.3	175,753	59.2

Pain categories^b

Peripheral/Central nervous system	8,535	2.9	5,889	2.0

Osteoarthritis	11,398	3.8	7,661	2.6

Back and neck pain (any type)^c	79,050	26.6	66,407	22.4

Back – lumbago	54,585	18.4	43,243	14.6

Back and neck – intervertebral disc	21,472	7.2	17,674	5.9

Back and neck – cervicalgia	17,851	6.0	12,159	4.1

Back and neck – spondylosis	9,859	3.3	6,844	2.3

Back and neck – other	41,956	14.1	31,056	10.5

Headache/migraine	31,694	10.7	21,152	7.1

Non-traumatic joint disorders	100,669	33.9	83,614	28.1

Other musculoskeletal	102,609	34.5	87,759	29.5

Visceral/pelvic	27,991	9.4	22,259	7.5

Wounds/injury/fractures	26,657	9.0	23,926	8.1

Acute	6,315	2.1	4,085	1.4

Chronic non-specific	14,317	4.8	7,634	2.6

^aAll soldiers with 12-mo continuous TRICARE enrollment in 2012, whether or not they have encounters.

^bCategories are not mutually exclusive.

^cBack and neck pain (any type) is coded if any of the subcategories are yes. Subcategories are not mutually exclusive.