Chronic Pain in New Zealand
Chronic Pain in New Zealand
Chronic pain may affect people from all ages, occupations, ethnicities and socio-economic groups. According to the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey one in six adults reported that they experienced chronic pain; equivalent to 528,100 individuals. The most commonly reported sites of pain were joints (57.6%), neck or back (47.5%), abdomen/pelvic region (12.5%), head (12.0%), stomach (8.3%) and chest, including heart and lungs (6.1%). Chronic pain was reported across all age groups and prevalence increased with age. Nearly one in three adults aged 65 years or over reported experiencing chronic pain.
There are various groups that deal with the different types of Chronic Pain and their links can be found on the links page and the pain charities page. There are support groups, charities and associations that can help or provide information if you have any questions regarding specfic conditions.
Hi again
Just a small change suggestion for this page to make it easier for folks to find the links page – you mention above that there are support groups etc on links page but it’s not clear where the Links page is.
Are you able to make it a hyperlink that goes to the Resources -> useful links page?
Cheers
Nicola
September 27, 2011 at 10:41 am
done, and done
and thanks for the feedback.. its good to be told holes that need to be filled
The site badly needs a full reorganization but i’m not going to be able to get onto it until after the competition, unfortunately. in the meantime its infuriating to know there are major flaws but not have time or energy to fix them!
September 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm