Table 3.
Prevalence of additional musculoskeletal conditions in working-age Australiansa with specific musculoskeletal conditions
| Sample (n) | Osteo-arthritis % (95%CI) | Inflammatory arthritis % (95%CI) | Other arthritis % (95%CI) | Other MSK % (95%CI) | Gout % (95%CI) | Back pain % (95%CI) | Soft tissue conditions % (95%CI) | Osteo-porosis % (95%CI) | Additional MSK % (95%CI) | Median # of MSK conditions (10th-90th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osteoarthritis (993) | 100 | 3.6 (1.9, 5.4) | 6.3 (3.9, 8.6) | 2.1 (0.8, 3.3) | 7.5 (5.6, 9.4) | 33.3 (28. 8, 37.9) | 8.4 (5.7, 11.1) | 10.7 (8.0, 13.4) | 52.1 (48.2, 56.0) | 1 (2,3) |
| Inflammatory arthritis (317) | 11.8 (6.5, 17.0) | 100 | 4.6 (1.6, 7.7) | 3.3 (1.1, 5.5) | 10.2 (6.0, 14.5) | 37.3 (29.4, 45.2) | 24.7 (17.7, 31.8) | 6.2 (3.4, 9.1) | 63.2 (54.5, 72.0) | 1 (2,3) |
| Other arthritis (1022) | 5.7 (3.7, 7.6) | 1.3 (0.4, 2.1) | 100 | 1.6 (0.3, 2.8) | 6.3 (4.5, 8.2) | 33.3 (29.6, 36.9) | 6.1 (4.3, 8.0) | 4.9 (3.3, 6.6) | 46.3 (42.5, 50.1) | 1 (1,3) |
| Other MSK (117) | 18.0 (7.8, 28.3) | 8.7 (2.9, 14.5) | 14.9 (4.1, 25.6) | 100 | 7.2 (1.9, 12.4) | 31.5 (20.4, 42.6) | 7.6 (0.5, 14.6) | 10.0 (3.2, 16.8) | 63.5 (51.7, 75.2) | 1 (2,3) |
| Gout (589) | 11.8 (8.6, 14.9) | 5.0 (2.7, 7.2) | 11.0 (7.8, 14.2) | 1.3 (0.2, 2.4) | 100 | 27.4 (22.6, 32.3) | 8.1 (5.3, 10.8) | 2.8 (1.3, 4.4) | 46.3 (40.9, 51.8) | 1 (1,3) |
| Back pain (2493) | 12.1 (10.2, 14.0) | 4.2 (3.0, 5.3) | 13.3 (11.5, 15.1) | 1.3 (0.8, 1.9) | 6.3 (5.2, 7.5) | 100 | 5.8 (4.5, 7.1) | 3.7 (2.7, 4.7) | 35.7 (33.0, 38.5) | 1 (1,2) |
| Soft tissue disorder (404) | 18.4 (12.6, 24.1) | 16.7 (11.7, 21.7) | 14.8 (10.7, 19.0) | 1.9 (0.1, 3.7) | 11.2 (7.6, 14.9) | 34.9 (29.0, 40.8) | 100 | 8.6 (4.6, 12.6) | 62.4 (56.3, 68.6) | 1 (2,4) |
| Osteoporosis (292) | 33.9 (26.6, 41.2) | 6.1 (3.1, 9.1) | 17.2 (11.2, 23.2) | 3.7 (1.2, 6.2) | 5.7 (2.7, 8.8) | 32.6 (24.7, 40.4) | 12.5 (6.9, 18.1) | 100 | 69.1 (62.0, 76.3) | 1 (2,4) |
| Any MSK (4555) | 20.1 (18.8, 21.5) | 6.2 (5.3, 7.1) | 22.2 (20.3, 24.1) | 2.3 (1.7, 3.0) | 12.8 (11.7, 13.9) | 55.5 (53.3, 57.6) | 9.2 (7.9, 10.5) | 6.3 (5.5, 7.2) | 27.4 (25.7, 29.0) | 1 (1,2) |
legend: aPrevalence estimates take into account survey design by using the jack-knife method to apply the replicant weights generated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. MSK: musculoskeletal conditions