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Prevalence by Age

VIII.B.1

Lead Author(s): 

Edward H. Yelin, PhD
Miriam Cisternas, MA

Supporting Author(s): 

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

Although musculoskeletal diseases are more prevalent among people age 65 and older, because there are more individuals in the age range 45-64 at the current time due the size of the baby boom cohort, a larger percentage of those reporting musculoskeletal conditions in 2012-2014 were 45-64 (37.9%) than were 65 or older (25.9%).  A major share of those reporting these conditions in 2012-2014 were also in early adulthood, 18-44 years of age (28.6%), while fewer than one in 12 occurred among those less than 18 years of age (7.7%).  (Reference Table 8.1.1 PDF [1] CSV [2])

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  • Fourth Edition
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[3] https://bmus.latticegroup.com/file/bmuse4g8b11png
[4] https://bmus.latticegroup.com/docs/bmus_e4_G8.B.1.1.png