anatomical definition of what constitutes neck pain, typically either inclusion or exclusion of pain in the shoulder region mat have some influence on the results.
non-responders
Neck pain has been reported to increase with age and to be more prevalent in women than man.
fejer, performed a systematic review and reported 25 out of 30 studies found women had more neck pain than men
after a comprehensive search the current review was unable to locate any statistics with specific reference to the prevalence of pain only in the neck for a New Zealand population
combined neck or back pain figure was available from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. The 6 month prevalence for neck or back pain in New Zealand from 755,100 participants was 24.2%(confidence interval = 23.2-25.2),
the New Zealand statistic is similar to estimates of the world mean 6 month neck pain prevalence 29.8%. the inclusion both neck and back pain on the New Zealand results may well account for the 5.6% higher estimate than the systematic review figure of Fejer, this may account for the reversal in gender prevalence