- At least
67 million certified working days are lost through back pain
every year in the UK and that's not counting pensioners and
members of the armed forces.
- There
are 2.25 million visits to GP's for back problems each year.
- 1.5 million
people are on invalidity benefit due to back-related conditions.
- 10 per
cent of the 63,000 people hospitalised with backache have surgery.
- Hospitalisation
and surgery for back problems cost the National Health Service
£350 million per annum.
- 500,000
people suffer work-related backache every year.
- 3,600
nurses leave the NHS each year through backache.
- It costs
the NHS £120 million a year in nurse absence and replacement
due to backache.
- 80 per
cent of all VDU workers will suffer backache.
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