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A comprehensive statistic resource for life and health professionals.

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Back Pain

  • Four out of five adults will experience back pain at some time in their life
  • 2.5m people in the UK suffer from acute or chronic back pain every day of the year and the peak incidence is in people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s
  • The cost to the NHS, business and the economy is an estimated £5 billion per year.

Source: National statistics online"