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Introduction: Pain is a very frequent symptom in emergency medicine and the understanding of its epidemio-clinical characters is essential to better manage it. The objective of our work was to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of acute pain in a medical emergency department. Materials and methods: This is a prospective study carried out in the Emergency Reception-Triage Service of the CHU-MA Mahajanga, from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019. We recorded the socio-demographic data of the patients as well as the characteristics pains. The variables were analyzed by SPSS 25.0 software. The frequency of painful patients admitted is estimated at 43.5%. The Results: pain has concerned mainly patients from 46 to 60 years old (27.33%), with an average age of 57 years of female gender (61.2%). The group working in the informal sector (65.5%) was the most affected. As for the reasons for admission, it was mainly acute pain (86.3%) due to an excess nociception (97.9%), dominated by medical pathologies with preponderance digestive pathologies (34.5%). Through this study, we were able to see that pain is the most common reason for entering the Conclusion: emergency room. According to our study, it predominates in people of age more advanced and the most frequent causes are medical pathologies.