Table 1.

Description of the most commonly reported back-related diagnoses among those who reported some type of back problem (n = 5450) in a cohort of young Swedish men. More than one diagnosis per person was possible.

Diagnosis	Number of individuals
Unspecified back pain	3553
Unspecified back disease	1171
Unspecified scoliosis	251
Lumbago (excluding sciatica and discal hernia)	156
Cervicalgia (excluding neck pain from discal disease)	98
Unspecified lordosis	44
Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis	41
Juvenile spinal osteochondrosis (Calve's or Scheuermann, excluding postural kyphosis)	28