Table 2 case numbers^§ and prevalence rates of dorsopathies (ICD-10) in German children and youths

M40

kyphosis and lordosis

F

1,857

61,838

1.05

1,807

60,173

1.28

3,664

122,011

1.15

M

1,689

56,244

0.92

1,836

61,139

1.28

3,525

117,383

1.08

Σ

3,546

118,082

0.99

3,643

121,312

1.28

7,189

239,394

1.11

M41

scoliosis

F

4,428

147,452

2.51

5,387

179,387

3.80

9,815

326,840

3.09

M

3,899

129,837

2.12

4,402

146,587

3.07

8,301

276,423

2.54

Σ

8,327

277,289

2.31

9,789

325,974

3.44

18,116

603,263

2.81

M42

spinal osteochondrosis

F

276

9,191

0.16

984

32,767

0.70

1,260

41,958

0.40

M

319

10,623

0.17

1,525

50,783

1.07

1,844

61,405

0.56

Σ

595

19,814

0.17

2,509

83,550

0.88

3,104

103,363

0.48

M43

other deforming dorsopathies

F

2,292

76,324

1.30

2,109

70,230

1.49

4,401

146,553

1.38

M

2,490

82,917

1.35

1,844

61,405

1.29

4,334

144,322

1.33

Σ

4,782

159,241

1.33

3,953

131,635

1.39

8,735

290,876

1.35

M45

ankylosing spondylitis

F

10

333

0.01

84

2,797

0.06

94

3,130

0.03

M

23

766

0.01

122

4,063

0.09

145

4,829

0.04

Σ

33

1,099

0.01

206

6,860

0.07

239

7,959

0.04

M46

other inflammatory spondylopathies

F

23

766

0.01

121

4,029

0.09

144

4,795

0.05

M

12

400

0.01

91

3,030

0.06

103

3,430

0.03

Σ

35

1,166

0.01

212

7,060

0.07

247

8,225

0.04

M47

spondylosis

F

205

6,827

0.12

1,491

49,650

1.05

1,696

56,477

0.53

M

137

4,562

0.08

977

32,534

0.68

1,114

37,096

0.34

Σ

342

11,389

0.01

2,468

82,184

0.87

2,810

93,573

0.44

M48

other spondylopathies

F

43

1,432

0.02

135

4,496

0.10

178

5,927

0.06

M

37

1,232

0.02

128

4,262

0.09

165

5,495

0.05

Σ

80

2,664

0.02

263

8,766

0.09

343

11,422

0.05

M49

spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

F

15

500

0.01

11

366

0.01

26

866

0.01

M

19

633

0.01

12

400

0.01

31

1,032

0.01

Σ

34

1,132

0.01

23

766

0.01

57

1,898

0.01

M50

cervical disc disorders

F

129

4,296

0.07

527

17,549

0.37

656

21,845

0.21

M

96

3,197

0.05

256

8,525

0.18

352

11,722

0.11

Σ

222

7,393

0.06

783

26,074

0.27

1,008

33,566

0.16

M51

other intervertebral disc disorders

F

116

3,863

0.07

1,294

43,090

0.91

1,410

46,953

0.44

M

102

3,397

0.06

1,174

39,094

0.82

1,276

42,491

0.39

Σ

218

7,259

0.06

2,468

82,184

0.87

2,686

89,444

0.42

M53

other dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified

F

1,380

45,954

0.78

6,928

230,702

4.89

8,308

276,690

2.61

M

1,160

38,628

0.63

4,329

144,155

3.02

5,489

182,784

1.68

Σ

2,540

84,582

0.71

11,257

374,858

3.95

13,797

459,440

2.14

M54

dorsalgia

F

3,308

110,156

1.88

19,961

664,701

14.10

23,269

774,858

7.32

M

2,730

90,909

1.49

16,116

536,663

11.30

18,846

627,572

5.76

Σ

6,038

201,065

1.68

36,077

1,201,364

12.67

42,115

1,402,430

6.53