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Methods: The Swedish National study on Aging and Care (SNAC) is conducted at four research centres. Participants were recruited from the baseline sample ( n=1402) at one of the research centres, SNAC-Blekinge. Individuals aged 60 years and older were included and non-participation was documented. Research personnel conducted the medical examination on two occasions. Results: The prevalence of pain was 769\/1402 (54.8%), distributed as 496\/817 (64.5%) women and 273\/585 (35.5%) men, p&lt;0.01. Women reported more pain located in the vertebral column, p&lt;0.01. The most common pain location was the legs and feet. About 84% reported pain intensity as 4 or higher on the visual analogue scale (VAS). Pain intensity declines with age among men, p&lt;0.01. The most frequent treatment was painkillers. A total of 128\/263 (48.7%) of the men received no pain treatment compared with 177\/478 (37.0%) of the women, p&lt;0.01. In a multivariate logistic regression model, women yielded the highest OR [OR 1.94 (C.I. 1.51\u20132.49)] for pain. Conclusions: Pain is common among older adults and there are significant differences between the sexes. Almost 55% of participants reported pain, predominantly women. In the majority of cases the intensity was rated as moderate or severe (VAS &gt;4) and women rated higher than men p&lt;0.02. 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