Table 2 Four-week prevalence of activity-limiting neck pain (“In the past 4 weeks, have you had pain in your neck? 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
Background characteristic | Numerator | Denominator | Prevalence (%) | LCL (95%) | UCL (95%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 822 | 9214 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 |
Sex | |||||
Female | 596 | 6292 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
Male | 226 | 2922 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 8.9 |
Age group | |||||
15–19 | 123 | 1818 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 8.1 |
20–24 | 134 | 1582 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 10.1 |
25–29 | 116 | 1534 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 9.1 |
30–34 | 118 | 1341 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 10.6 |
35–39 | 129 | 1204 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 12.8 |
40–44 | 101 | 959 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 12.8 |
45–49 | 101 | 776 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 15.8 |
Urbanicity | |||||
Urban | 287 | 3785 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 8.6 |
Rural | 535 | 5429 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 10.8 |
Education | |||||
Pre-school | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 54.3 |
Primary | 391 | 3741 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 11.6 |
Secondary | 320 | 4032 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.9 |
Tertiary | 43 | 721 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 8.0 |
Vocational | 15 | 148 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 15.9 |
Other | 1 | 156 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Missing | 50 | 555 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 11.8 |
Ethnicity | |||||
Melanesian | 804 | 8857 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
Polynesian | 10 | 202 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 8.5 |
Micronesian | 7 | 131 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 9.9 |
Other | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
Missing | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |