Low back pain U.S. adults by gender 1997-2016

This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain from 1997 to 2016, by gender. In 2016, 26.7 percent of all male adults in the U.S. had such problems during the previous three months.

Percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain from 1997 to 2016, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
2016	26.7%	29.9%
2015	27.6%	30.4%
2014	26%	30%
2013	26.4%	30.2%
2012	25.4%	29.6%
2011	26.8%	29.9%
2010	26.3%	30.3%
2009	26%	30.1%
2008	25%	29.3%
2007	23.4%	27.1%
2006	25.7%	28.9%
2005	26.2%	30.3%
2004	25%	29%
2003	25.1%	29.4%
2002	24.3%	28.3%
2001	29.3%	32.6%
2000	25.5%	28.8%
1999	24.7%	28.3%
1998	26.2%	29.7%
1997	26.5%	29.6%

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Release date

September 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1997 to 2016

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

In three separate questions, respondents were asked, "During the past 3 months, did you have a severe headache or migraine? ...low back pain? ...neck pain?" Respondents were instructed to report pain that had lasted a whole day or more, and not to report fleeting or minor aches or pains. Persons may be represented in more than one column.
Estimates are age-adjusted to the year 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, 65-74 years, and 75 years and over. Age-adjusted estimates in this table may differ from other age-adjusted estimates based on the same data and presented elsewhere if different age groups are used in the adjustment procedure.
Includes all other races not shown separately, unknown education level, and unknown disability status.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.

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