* The two age groups with the highest rate of vertebral column<unk> es are ages 15–29 and 65 and older. * An estimated 50 percent of spinal<unk> es are attributed to motor vehicle accidents. * Although the majority of vertebral fractures go undiagnosed, the annual cost related to treatment of vertebral fractures is estimated to be $1 billion in the U.S. * Symptomatic disc herniations are most common between ages 30–50 years. 95 percent of herniated discs diagnosed in patients 25–55 years are located in the lumbar spine. * By age 15 an estimated 26-50 percent of children have experienced acute or chronic<unk>  pain.
Back injury
Back strain
Sprain
Spinal fracture
Spinal disease
Spinal stenosis
Cervical spine disorder
Lumbar disc disease