Adults prone to back pain frequency U.S. by age 2017 | Statista

This statistic shows how often adults in the United States suffered from back pain over the last year as of February 2017, by age. It was found that 11 percent of respondents aged 18 to 30 years had back pain every day, compared to 16 percent of those aged 46 to 60 years.

Frequency adults suffered from back pain over the last year in the United States as of 2017, by age

Characteristic	18 to 30 years	31 to 45 years	46 to 60 years	61 years and older
Every day	11%	11%	16%	14%
Multiple times a week	15%	11%	10%	15%
Once a week	9%	8%	4%	2%
Multiple times a month	10%	12%	12%	7%
Once a month	9%	7%	5%	4%
Multiple times a year	16%	17%	15%	16%
Once a year	8%	9%	11%	13%
Not at all in the last year	19%	23%	25%	27%
Prefer not to answer	3%	2%	1%	0%

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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February 16 to 27, 2017

Number of respondents

1,470 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: [back pain] How often did you suffer from the following symptoms over the last year?

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