Back pain

What research knows about back pain comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

619 million

People with low back pain, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

One every 0.1 seconds

266.9 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 770 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind back pain

Spine imaging in non-specialist settings, not routine
Scan reports
not routine
guideline
Spine MRI or imaging in specialist care
Scan reports
only if it will change management
guideline
STarT Back risk stratification questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at first contact for each new episode
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$70

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $70 to $824

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Scan reportsx2$4.86how
Health questionnairesx1$1.86how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

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Back pain

What research knows about back pain comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

619 million

People with low back pain, worldwide

source

New diagnoses

One every 0.1 seconds

266.9 million a year, worldwide

source

How rare

Common

about 770 in 10,000 people

source source source

What patients usually have

The records behind back pain

Spine imaging in non-specialist settings, not routine
Scan reports
not routine
guideline
Spine MRI or imaging in specialist care
Scan reports
only if it will change management
guideline
STarT Back risk stratification questionnaire
Health questionnaires
at first contact for each new episode
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$70

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $70 to $824

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Scan reportsx2$4.86how
Health questionnairesx1$1.86how
Richness premium (3 kinds of data linked)x2.33how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about back pain All conditions