Table 2 Economic burden and prevalence of the five most costly musculoskeletal disease, 2008
From: The economic burden of musculoskeletal disease in Korea: A cross sectional study
| Â | male | female | total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | prevalence* | cost†| prevalence* | cost†| prevalence* | cost†|
Other dorsopathies | 1808.5 | 563.2 | 3367.6 | 855.3 | 2604.1 | 1418.5 |
Disc disorders | 1443.5 | 535.8 | 2213.2 | 781.9 | 1836.3 | 1317.7 |
Arthrosis | 1609.4 | 307.5 | 7754.2 | 932.9 | 4745.1 | 1240.4 |
Soft tissue disorders | 1161.4 | 381.1 | 2404.3 | 731.8 | 1795.7 | 1112.9 |
Inflammatory polyarthropathy | 613.9 | 113.8 | 883.7 | 231.0 | 751.6 | 344.8 |