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Table 1 Four-week prevalence of activity-limiting low back pain (“In the past 4 weeks, have you had pain in your low back? If yes, was this pain bad enough to limit your usual activities or change your daily routine for more than one day?”), both sexes, 15–49 year olds

From: Use of The Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health survey module for estimating the population prevalence of musculoskeletal pain: findings from the Solomon Islands

Background characteristic

Numerator

Denominator

Prevalence (%)

LCL (95%)

UCL (95%)

Total

1543

9214

16.8

15.9

17.7

Sex

 Female

1166

6292

18.5

17.4

19.7

 Male

377

2922

12.9

11.5

14.3

Age group

 15–19

182

1818

10.0

8.4

11.6

 20–24

234

1582

14.8

12.7

16.9

 25–29

240

1534

15.7

13.5

17.8

 30–34

249

1341

18.6

16.1

21.0

 35–39

240

1204

19.9

17.3

22.6

 40–44

201

959

21.0

17.9

24.0

 45–49

197

776

25.4

21.8

29.0

Urbanicity

 Urban

532

3785

14.1

12.8

15.4

 Rural

1011

5429

18.6

17.4

19.8

Education

 Pre-school

2

9

22.2

0.0

54.3

 Primary

723

3741

19.3

17.8

20.8

 Secondary

597

4032

14.8

13.5

16.1

 Tertiary

81

721

11.2

8.5

14.0

 Vocational

25

148

16.9

9.8

24.0

 Other

1

156

0.6

0.0

2.1

 Missing

114

555

20.5

16.6

24.5

Ethnicity

 Melanesian

1488

8857

16.8

15.9

17.7

 Polynesian

30

202

14.9

9.1

20.6

 Micronesian

24

131

18.3

10.5

26.1

 Other

1

21

4.8

0.0

15.5

 Missing

0

3

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. LCL Lower 95% Confidence Limit, UCL Upper 95% Confidence Limit