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Best back pain relief measures among U.S. adults 2017
Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best pain relief as of February 2017
by John Elflein,
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Mar 1, 2018
This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best relief from their back pain, as of February 2017. It was found that 17 percent of respondents stated treatment by a chiropractor provided the best relief from their back pain.
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Mar 1, 2018
This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best relief from their back pain, as of February 2017. It was found that 17 percent of respondents stated treatment by a chiropractor provided the best relief from their back pain.
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- February 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- February 16 to 27, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 711 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- respondents who suffered at least once per month from back pain
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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Original question: "Which measure proved the best relief for your back pain?"
Respondents could choose multiple answers.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- February 16 to 27, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 711 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- respondents who suffered at least once per month from back pain
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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Original question: "Which measure proved the best relief for your back pain?"
Respondents could choose multiple answers.
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- Length of time U.S. adults had ongoing neck or back pain as of 2017Duration of suffering from neck or back pain among U.S. adults 2017
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- Percentage of U.S. respondents that treated their back pain using select methods as of 2017, by education levelWays in which U.S. respondents treated their back pain as of 2017, by education level
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that were prescribed select treatments for their back pain as of 2017, by agePrescribed treatments for back pain among U.S. respondents as of 2017, by age
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- Percentage of U.S. respondents that sought medical treatment for their back pain in the past year as of 2017, by incomeU.S. respondents that sought medical care to relieve back pain as of 2017, by income
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- Frequency U.S. adults with back pain sought alternative treatment 2017, by age
- Frequency U.S. adults with back pain sought alternative treatment 2017, by ethnicity
- Products U.S. adults had used to relieve their back pain 2017, by gender
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- Products U.S. adults had used to relieve their back pain 2017, by ethnicity
- Frequency U.S. adults with back pain received treatment 2017, by gender
- Frequency U.S. adults with back pain received treatment 2017, by ethnicity
- Frequency U.S. adults with back pain received treatment 2017, by age
- Perceived causes of back pain among U.S. adults as of 2017, by gender
- Share of people with chronic back problems inTasmania 2004-2015
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Statistics on "Back pain in the U.S."
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who were prone to select symptoms as of 2017
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who believed select sources were the cause of their back pain as of February 2017
- Frequency adults suffered from back pain over the last year in the United States as of 2017
- Length of time U.S. adults had ongoing neck or back pain as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that suffered from back pain for select periods of time as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that treated their own back pain as of 2017, by age
- Direct and indirect costs of chronic disease in the U.S. as of 2016, by disease (in million U.S. dollars)
- Direct and indirect costs per case for various chronic diseases in the U.S. as of 2016, by disease (in U.S. dollars)
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain from 1997 to 2016
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain from 1997 to 2016, by gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain in 2000 and 2016, by age group
- Percentage of women who suffered from low back pain in the past three months as of 2016, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with low back pain in 2000 and 2016, by region
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who used select techniques to relieve back pain as of February 2017
- Percentage of adults who had used select products to relieve their back pain as of February 2017
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best pain relief as of February 2017
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that treated their back pain using select methods as of 2017, by generation
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that treated their back pain using select methods as of 2017, by education level
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that were prescribed select treatments for their back pain as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of U.S. adults with back or neck pain who took select medicines in the past 12 months for their pain as of 2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults who had visited a health care professional because of severe back or neck pain as of 2018
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. received treatment from a doctor within the past year as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that sought medical treatment for their back pain in the past year as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that sought medical treatment for their back pain in the past year as of 2017, by income
- Percentage of U.S. respondents that sought select types of medical professionals for treatment for their back pain as of 2017, by age
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. sought treatment from an alternative practitioner in the past year as of February 2017
- Number of chiropractic licenses in the U.S. from 1996 to 2017
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who thought chiropractic care could help select issues as of 2017
- Time of last visit to a chiropractor among U.S. adults who went to a chiropractor in the last 12 months as of 2017
- Ways U.S. adults paid for chiropractic care in the last 12 months as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults who believed more people don't see a chiropractor for select reasons as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults who did not visit a chiropractor in the last 12 months for select reasons as of 2017
- Distribution of adults in the U.S. with long-term opioid prescriptions between 2006 to 2015, by pain type
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who encountered select problems when falling asleep or sleeping in general as of January 2017, by gender
- Percentage of men in the U.S. with prostate cancer who stated select symptoms affected their daily life as of 2018
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who considered select measures effective in relieving back pain as of February 2017
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best pain relief as of February 2017, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who considered select measures effective in relieving back pain as of February 2017, by gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best pain relief as of February 2017, by gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who considered select measures effective in relieving back pain as of February 2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with back pain who stated select measures provided them the best pain relief as of February 2017, by ethnicity
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. sought treatment from an alternative practitioner in the past year as of February 2017, by age
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. sought treatment from an alternative practitioner in the past year as of February 2017, by ethnicity
- Percentage of adults who had used select products to relieve their back pain as of February 2017, by gender
- Percentage of adults who had used select products to relieve their back pain as of February 2017, by age
- Percentage of adults who had used select products to relieve their back pain as of February 2017, by ethnicity
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. received treatment from a doctor within the past year as of 2017, by gender
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. received treatment from a doctor within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity
- Number of times adults with back pain in the U.S. received treatment from a doctor within the past year as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who believed select sources were the cause of their back pain as of February 2017, by gender
- Share of the population with chronic back problems in Tasmania from 2004 to 2015*
- Rates of all listed inpatient stays related to back problems in the U.S. 1993-2008 (per 100,000 population)
- Number of users of headache remedies and pain relief in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
- Share of people with self-reported spondylosis, sciatica, or other back disease in Finland in 2018, by age group
- Leading cold, flu and decongestant brands in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by sales value (in million GBP)
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