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SUPPORTING STRUCTURES 9
TABLE 1 FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF THE SPINAL COLUMN COMPONENTS 10
BACK PAIN 10
HISTORY OF BACK PAIN AND EARLY TREATMENT 10
BACK PAIN TODAY 11
TABLE 2 GLOBAL SAMPLING OF FREQUENCY OF BACK PAIN, 2002–2009 12
Cost of Back Pain 12
TABLE 3 U.S. MEDICAL ENCOUNTERS BY SETTING FOR THE DIRECT TREATMENT OF BACK PROBLEMS, 2007 (THOUSANDS) 12
TABLE 4 HOSPITAL DISCHARGES BY BACK-RELATED DIAGNOSIS IN SELECT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THROUGH 2008 13
TABLE 5 U.S. DIRECT MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR BACK PROBLEMS, 2007 ($ MILLIONS) 14
TABLE 6 U.S. DISTRIBUTION OF DIRECT BACK-RELATED MEDICAL EXPENSES BY PAYER, 2007 (%) 14
TABLE 7 U.S. PATIENTS WITH BACK PROBLEMS, THROUGH 2007 (MILLIONS) 15
TABLE 8
U.S. MEDICAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE DIRECT TREATMENT OF BACK PROBLEMS, THROUGH 2007 ($ BILLIONS) 15
Disability from Back Pain 15
Identifying the Cause of Back Pain 16
TABLE 9 DISTRIBUTION OF DIAGNOSABLE BACK CONDITIONS (%) 16
Causes of Diagnosed Back Pain 16
Risk Factors for Back Pain 17
Risk Factors for Diagnosable Back Disorders 17
Genetics 17
Aging 17
TABLE
PROJECTED AGING OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION AGE 65 AND OLDER, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION) 18
Smoking 18
Obesity 19
TABLE
GLOBAL PREVALENCE OF OBESITY, 1995–2005 (%) 19
Osteoporosis 20
TABLE 12
PROJECTED AGING OF GLOBAL FEMALE POPULATION AGE 60–99, THROUGH 2020 (MILLION) 20
COMMON SPINAL CONDITIONS 20
TABLE 13
DIAGNOSIS-RELATED ICD 9 CODES FOR SPINAL CONDITIONS 21
TABLE 13 (CONTINUED) 22
TABLE 14
U.S. INPATIENTS DIAGNOSED BY CODED BACK CONDITIONS, 2008 22
ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURES 22
TABLE 15
U.S. TREND FOR INPATIENT DIAGNOSIS OF ALL ABNORMAL CURVATURES OF THE SPINE, T
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