Table 2 Prevalence estimates (%) based on individuals who reported a chronic condition(s), had one or more contacts with specialist health services (hospital or specialist out-patient) or primary care (physician or physiotherapist or chiropractor) for musculoskeletal disorders in survey of health and living conditions, NPR and KUHR in 2012
Chronic disorders1 | Specialist health services2 | Primary care3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (%) | S.E. | Freq. | Prevalence (%) | S.E. | Freq. | Prevalence (%) | S.E. | Freq. | |
Men | (N = 2807) | (N = 2498871) | (N = 2498871) | ||||||
Low back and neck pain | 7.55 | 0.49 | 203 | 1.08 | 0.01 | 26874 | 17.62 | 0.02 | 440345 |
Shoulder syndrome | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 14335 | 3.99 | 0.01 | 99753 |
Osteoarthritis | 5.46 | 0.43 | 156 | 0.97 | 0.01 | 24180 | 1.98 | 0.01 | 49599 |
Osteoporosis | 0.31 | 0.11 | 10 | 0.07 | <0.01 | 1658 | 0.11 | <0.01 | 2658 |
Rheumatoid arthritis* | 1.17 | 0.19 | 28 | 0.23 | <0.01 | 5779 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 16279 |
Fibromyalgia | 2.67 | 0.31 | 77 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 12823 | 1.10 | 0.01 | 27364 |
Bursitis/tendinitis/synovitis | 0.68 | 0.16 | 21 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 13278 | 2.26 | 0.01 | 56392 |
Gout | 0.54 | 0.14 | 15 | 0.09 | <0.01 | 2213 | 0.70 | 0.01 | 17497 |
Total musculoskeletal | 18.43 | 0.73 | 518 | 5.01 | 0.01 | 125059 | 30.05 | 0.03 | 750899 |
Women | (N = 2853) | (N = 2486999) | (N = 2486999) | ||||||
Low back and neck pain | 7.92 | 0.50 | 220 | 1.20 | 0.01 | 29843 | 21.79 | 0.03 | 541909 |
Shoulder syndrome | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.53 | 0.01 | 13125 | 4.75 | 0.01 | 118252 |
Osteoarthritis | 11.20 | 0.59 | 323 | 1.58 | 0.01 | 39162 | 4.17 | 0.01 | 103794 |
Osteoporosis | 3.43 | 0.34 | 97 | 0.36 | <0.01 | 8901 | 0.96 | 0.01 | 23816 |
Rheumatoid arthritis* | 2.19 | 0.27 | 60 | 0.58 | 0.01 | 14432 | 1.24 | 0.01 | 30784 |
Fibromyalgia | 6.34 | 0.46 | 180 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 20507 | 3.33 | 0.01 | 82729 |
Bursitis/tendinitis/synovitis | 0.77 | 0.17 | 23 | 0.59 | 0.01 | 14692 | 3.05 | 0.01 | 75783 |
Gout | 0.39 | 0.11 | 9 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 584 | 0.22 | <0.01 | 5486 |
Total musculoskeletal | 27.43 | 0.83 | 778 | 6.74 | 0.02 | 167551 | 37.00 | 0.03 | 920261 |