Table 1.

Summary of the health status definitions, proportions and the associated disability weights (with corresponding 95% confidence intervals] CI]) used for this study as reported by the GBD2017 study

Health State	Proportion	Disability weight (CI)
Overall low back pain	100%	N/A
Low back pain with leg pain	(Table 2)
Low back pain without leg pain	(Table 2)
Low back pain with leg pain, mild	27%	0.02 (0.01–0.04)
Low back pain with leg pain, moderate	36%	0.05 (0.04–0.08)
Low back pain with leg pain, severe	14%	0.33 (0.22–0.45)
Low back pain with leg pain, most severe	23%	0.38 (0.26–0.52)
Low back pain without leg pain, mild	41%	0.02 (0.01–0.04)
Low back pain without leg pain, moderate	35%	0.05 (0.04–0.08)
Low back pain without leg pain, severe	10%	0.27 (0.18–0.37)
Low back pain without leg pain, most severe	14%	0.37 (0.25–0.51)