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Table 1 Years living with disability for musculoskeletal conditions

From: Assessing the burden of musculoskeletal conditions: a joint World Health Organization–Bone and Joint Decade project

 

Global Burden of Disease 1990

Global Burden of Disease 2000

Condition

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

RA

859

2309

3168

1205

3092

4297

Osteoarthritis

5341

7934

13,275

5549

8667

14,216

Low back pain

-

-

-

1180

1045

2225

Other

398

1099

1437

596

1598

2194

  1. Years of life lost data not presented due to the low mortality associated with these conditions. LBP was not considered in the Global Burden of Disease 1990 study. RA, rheumatoid arthritis. Sources: [1, 2] and unpublished World Health Organization data.