Crunching the Numbers on Back Pain

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS ON BACK PAIN CAUSES AND PREVALENCE 25% MUSCLE STRAIN is the leading cause of of back pain is due to back pain, followed poor physical health closely by stress, fatigue, and improper posture 80% OVER 26 MILLION Americans between of people will experience the ages of 20 and 64 back pain at some point in their lives experience frequent back pain 5% BACK PAIN is most prevalent in women Approximately 5% and individuals between of back pain lasts the ages of 40 and 80 longer than 6 months IN THE WORKFORCE COMMON COLD BACK PAIN Back pain is second to only the common cold as the most frequent 40% of absences from cause for sick leave work each year are in the United States attributed to back pain 0000000 Back pain results in 2% of the U.S. workforce 83 million work days is compensated each year lost per year for work-related back injuries EFFECTS ON HEALTH AND WELLBEING Back pain is the leading cause of disability in Americans under the age of 45, resulting in 200 million days spent in bed per year 46% of people report that back pain interferes with sleep, while 31% report that it interferes with exercise. 24% of people claim back pain interferes with their sex lives Adults suffering from back pain are 3 times as likely to suffer from poor physical health and 4 times as likely to suffer from poor mental health as those without pain INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY O KRAUS BACK & NECK INSTITUTE www.neurosurgeonhouston.com http://Ihcrp.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/pdts/backpain.pdt http://www.acatoday.org/level2_css.ctm?TIID=138T2ID=68 http://www.qualityhealth.com/pain-articles/neck-pain-when-call-doctor http://www.painmed.org/patientcenter/facts_on_bain.a http://www.spinemedtherapy.com/pub/Back-Pain-Stats http://www.123chiropractors.com/articles/the-statistics-regarding-neck-pain http://www.inthefaceofpain.com/content/uploads/2012/05/lactsheet_Back.pdf http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1496956/ http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMCI508850/ http://www.consumerreports.org/health/conditions-and-treatments/back-pain/overview/back-pain.htm