South West - Back pain public health bulletins

These bulletins were designed to illustrate the scale of the burden of back pain and osteoarthritis both nationally and in your local area. In addition to prevalence data, the bulletins contain risk factor information and examples of local actions you can take to reduce the burden of back pain and osteoarthritis in your area.

These bulletins provide an estimate of the prevalence of back pain in local authority areas, which will enable local authorities and commissioners to make more informed decisions about the needs of people living with this conditions in their community.

The data comes from our Musculoskeletal Calculator.