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. 2025 Apr 24;13:1559355. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1559355

Table 2.

The case number and ASR of incidence of LBP in aged 15–64 between 1990 and 2021 by sex, SDI quintile and region, with EAPC from 1990 to 2021.

Characteristics Cases in 1990 (95%UI) ASIR (1/100,000) (95%UI) Cases in 2021 (95%UI) ASIR (1/100,000) (95%UI) EAPC (95%CI)
Global 125,925,385 (87544428–172,267,414) 4111.22 (2862.47–5618.98) 192,550,188 (134315720–262,878,367) 3675.94 (2563.49–5020.64) −0.3 (−0.34–−0.26)
Sex
1 Female 75,951,023 (53026751–103,695,789) 5000.79 (3497.67–6823.17) 118,418,188 (82947248–161,150,943) 4528.97 (3170.7–6166.81) −0.25 (−0.3–−0.2)
2 Male 49,974,361 (34573334–68,574,620) 3,238 (2242.53–4436.53) 74,132,000 (51443798–101,390,522) 2826.69 (1961.14–3866.76) −0.39 (−0.42–−0.36)
SDI region
1 High SDI 31,996,276 (22636746–43,257,100) 5322.54 (3766.51–7194.25) 38,264,233 (27840059–50,615,316) 4874.22 (3547.7–6454.88) −0.22 (−0.25–−0.19)
2 High-middle SDI 29,407,862 (20509990–40,183,442) 4262.32 (2976.47–5821.91) 36,778,634 (25568300–50,289,192) 3708.61 (2574.68–5080.52) −0.37 (−0.43–−0.31)
3 Middle SDI 33,470,147 (22933114–46,153,891) 3488.39 (2394.66–4802.16) 55,606,595 (38259999–76,458,930) 3220.22 (2214.56–4429.84) −0.17 (−0.22–−0.12)
4 Low-middle SDI 22,304,333 (15371539–30,651,219) 3841.45 (2651.7–5272.34) 42,279,629 (29044383–58,279,689) 3635.29 (2500.23–5004.14) −0.17 (−0.21–−0.13)
5 Low SDI 8,604,821 (5940659–11,821,306) 3841.06 (2658.9–5265.77) 19,445,994 (13368207–26,821,070) 3637.29 (2506.24–5003.85) −0.18 (−0.2–−0.16)
GBD region
1 Andean Latin America 570,301 (392916–785,348) 2956.53 (2038.3–4070.28) 1,246,659 (863571–1,711,670) 2960.96 (2051.98–4063.38) 0.02 (0–0.05)
2 Australasia 842,795 (596044–1,136,169) 6243.65 (4414.83–8412.8) 1,235,552 (861674–1,678,056) 5797.57 (4045.11–7884.31) −0.15 (−0.17–−0.12)
3 Caribbean 627,518 (429017–864,096) 3132.58 (2143.38–4312.13) 984,506 (686699–1,344,506) 3087.22 (2153.37–4217.85) −0.02 (−0.03–−0.01)
4 Central Asia 1,687,686 (1172570–2,313,336) 4493.67 (3133.27–6150.59) 2,829,579 (1962110–3,876,012) 4471.61 (3101.44–6124.53) 0 (−0.01–0)
5 Central Europe 5,398,459 (3805760–7,315,417) 6265.36 (4412.53–8499.08) 5,212,380 (3669280–7,056,409) 6138.77 (4310.43–8326.87) −0.07 (−0.08–−0.07)
6 Central Latin America 3,224,029 (2211591–4,433,405) 3796.38 (2606.12–5212.97) 6,506,259 (4485666–8,933,634) 3858.83 (2660.46–5298.81) 0.04 (0–0.09)
7 Central Sub-Saharan Africa 932,231 (640581–1,287,702) 3,872 (2667.85–5337.34) 2,414,165 (1653161–3,336,430) 3742.97 (2568.38–5158.27) −0.13 (−0.15–−0.1)
8 East Asia 24,527,075 (16743945–33,961,801) 3293.75 (2252.57–4551.58) 31,262,886 (21738588–42,798,228) 2698.83 (1875.11–3703.57) −0.46 (−0.56–−0.35)
9 Eastern Europe 8,760,256 (6127502–11,931,222) 5397.21 (3777.18–7364.93) 8,331,610 (5841544–11,321,574) 5227.55 (3652.63–7126.17) −0.03 (−0.05–−0.01)
10 Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa 3,036,652 (2088958–4,170,944) 3822.05 (2638.87–5234.76) 7,272,284 (4996304–10,035,640) 3684.2 (2538.58–5072.21) −0.13 (−0.14–−0.12)
11 High-income Asia Pacific 6,865,578 (4801616–9,341,969) 5544.01 (3873.49–7549.22) 6,616,781 (4615567–9,015,050) 5081.45 (3540.42–6935.53) −0.22 (−0.24–−0.19)
12 High-income North America 10,999,385 (7810364–14,831,262) 5866.93 (4166.93–7904.89) 13,781,072 (10424484–17,533,208) 5356.04 (4053.7–6816.87) −0.15 (−0.22–−0.08)
13 North Africa and Middle East 7,376,602 (5177808–10,022,480) 4301.16 (3020.35–5845.58) 16,809,500 (11598307–23,073,766) 4196.95 (2893.73–5756.15) −0.05 (−0.07–−0.04)
14 Oceania 102,670 (70401–142,293) 3203.98 (2199.76–4426.72) 245,452 (167332–337,938) 3176.14 (2169.21–4364.85) −0.01 (−0.02–0)
15 South Asia 21,481,714 (14785843–29,571,432) 3840.14 (2647.79–5276.62) 40,315,604 (27644486–55,764,381) 3477.54 (2387.3–4803.06) −0.32 (−0.41–−0.23)
16 Southeast Asia 7,229,000 (4982187–9,939,229) 2936.47 (2026.73–4032.26) 14,012,052 (9593895–19,337,440) 2891.39 (1979.05–3991.07) −0.03 (−0.04–−0.02)
17 Southern Latin America 1,517,508 (1055478–2,066,344) 5052.73 (3514.85–6879.39) 2,321,978 (1617674–3,170,624) 5009.77 (3489.66–6842.56) −0.01 (−0.04–0.03)
18 Southern Sub-Saharan Africa 824,736 (567621–1,137,008) 3318.51 (2291.65–4564.45) 1,539,763 (1058908–2,121,892) 3165.84 (2178.92–4355.8) −0.13 (−0.13–−0.12)
19 Tropical Latin America 3,874,493 (2665869–5,320,599) 4554.67 (3138.3–6251.17) 7,297,263 (5053407–10,012,452) 4569.79 (3163.13–6269.4) 0 (−0.02–0.01)
20 Western Europe 13,054,611 (9258096–17,573,161) 4873.63 (3457.96–6564.54) 14,664,075 (10187235–20,015,546) 4690.28 (3255.5–6414.85) −0.07 (−0.1–−0.05)
21 Western Sub-Saharan Africa 2,992,087 (2065043–4,109,687) 3526.15 (2439.82–4833.2) 7,650,770 (5257615–10,576,423) 3455.93 (2381.02–4763.85) −0.07 (−0.11–−0.03)

ASIR, age-standardized incidence rate; EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; SDI, sociodemographic index; CI, confidence interval; UI, uncertainty interval.