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
results were not found to be significant
week prevalence
there are difficulties when
reported 25 out 30 sutudies
neck or back pain figure
chiropractic referrals are for neck pain