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Table 3 Prevalence and years lived with disability counts, age-standardised rates per 100,000 population and the corresponding percentage change in age-standardised rates per 100,000 population between 1990 and 2019 for low back pain in Australia

From: Disability burden due to musculoskeletal conditions and low back pain in Australia: findings from GBD 2019

Prevalent cases

YLD

2019 counts

2019 ASR

% change in ASR (‘90–‘19)

2019 counts

2019 ASR

% change in ASR (‘90–‘19)

2,676,192

(2,339,327–3,061,066)

8785.5

(7641.1 to 10,088.8)

− 10.2

(− 15.9 to − 4.7)

298,624

(209,364–402,395)

986.6

(685.3–1334.1)

− 11.4

(− 17.1 to − 6.0)

  1. 95% uncertainty intervals are in parentheses; ASRs as per 100,000 population
  2. ASR age standardised rate, YLD years lived with disability
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