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Lead Author(s):

Stuart I. Weinstein, MD

Edward H. Yelin, PhD

Supporting Author(s):

Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

The importance of musculoskeletal conditions in society necessarily increases with an aging population since the prevalence and impact increase with age. An aging population puts increased numbers of persons in the age range of greatest risk for onset and worsened severity. However, it is not only among the elderly, or persons age 65 or older, that the impacts of aging are felt. Because the prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions is substantial among those 45 to 64 years of age, the proportion of all cases of musculoskeletal disease in this age range increased by one-third over a 15-year time frame, from about 29% (21.8 million persons) in the years 1996 to 1998 to about 38% (40.7 million persons) between 2012 and 2014. During the same time periods, the proportion of cases among the elderly increased by 19%, from about 22% (16.5 million persons) in the earlier three-year period to about 26% (27.8 million persons) in the later one. (Reference Table 8.1.1 PDF CSV) Because conditions that exist among persons age 45 to 64 are likely to last for a long time, the increased proportion of cases in this age range may lead to protracted high medical care costs in the years to come.

The relative importance of this age range in costs of care is already clear. Between 1996 to 1998 and 2012 to 2014, the proportion of all medical care costs experienced by persons with musculoskeletal conditions who are between ages 45 and 64 increased by 39%, from about 30% of all such costs to 42%. The proportion of incremental musculoskeletal medical care costs among persons 45 to 64 years of age increased by an even more, 82%, rising from 28% in the 1996 to 1998 period to 51% between 2012 and 2014. (Reference Table 8.9 PDF CSV)

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Table 1.1.1 Mean Share of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding by Institute, 1990 to 2016	Table 1.1.2: Funding Ranking and Dollars for NIH Research by Disease Areas, 2012-2016
Table 1.1.3: Top 25 and Musculoskeletal Related Conditions, Diseases and Research Areas Funded by NIH, 2012-2016	Table 1.1.4: NIAMS Share of National Institutes of Health Research and Development Funding, 1999-2016
Table 1.10.1: Musculoskeletal System Procedures Performed More than 12,000 Times, All Provider Settings, United States 2013	Table 1.10.2: Summary of Musculoskeletal System Procedures by Major Category by Service Provider, United States 2013
Table 1.2.1: Self-Reported Select Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Sex, United States 2015	Table 1.2.2: Self-Reported Select Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Age, United States 2015
Table 1.2.3: Self-Reported Select Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2015	Table 1.2.4: Self-Reported Select Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Geographic Region, United States 2015
Table 1.2.5: Prevalence Trend in Select Medical Conditions for Persons Age 18 and Over, United States 2005-2015	Table 1.3.1: Most Frequently Reported Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, with Subconditions, by Sex, United States 2015
Table 1.3.2: Most Frequently Reported Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, with Subconditions, by Age, United States 2015	Table 1.3.3: Most Frequently Reported Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2015
Table 1.3.4: Most Frequently Reported Medical Conditions and Prevalence for Persons Age 18 and Over, with Subconditions, by Geographic Region, United States 2015	Table 1.3.5: Prevalence Trend in Most Frequently Reported Medical Conditions for Persons Age 18 and Over, United States 2005-2015
Table 1.4.1: Prevalence of Chronic Joint Pain for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Joint, by Sex, United States 2015	Table 1.4.2: Prevalence of Chronic Joint Pain for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Joint, by Age, United States 2015
Table 1.4.3: Prevalence of Chronic Joint Pain for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Joint, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2015	Table 1.4.4: Prevalence of Chronic Joint Pain for Persons Age 18 and Over, by Joint, by Geographic Region, United States 2015
Table 1.5.1: Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Select Medical Conditions, by Sex, United States 2015	Table 1.5.2: Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Older Due to Select Medical Conditions, by Age, United States 2015
Table 1.5.3: Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Select Medical Conditions, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2015	Table 1.5.4: Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Select Medical Conditions, by Geographic Region, United States 2015
Table 1.6.1: Cause of Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Musculoskeletal Condition, by Sex, United States 2015	Table 1.6.2: Cause of Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Musculoskeletal Condition , by Age, United States 2015
Table 1.6.3: Cause of Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Musculoskeletal Condition, by Race/Ethnicity, United States 2015	Table 1.6.4: Cause of Self-Reported Limitations in Activities of Daily Living for Persons Age 18 and Over Due to Musculoskeletal Condition by Geographic Region, United States 2015
Table 1.7.1: Self-Reported Need for Assistance1 in Performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) for Persons Due to Select Medical Conditions, United States 2015	Table 1.7.2: Self-Reported Work Limitations for Persons Due to Select Medical Conditions, United States 2015
Table 1.8.1: Bed Days Due to Major Health Conditions by Gender and Age for Persons Aged 18 and Over, United States 2015	Table 1.8.2: Lost Work Days Due to Major Health Conditions by Gender and Age for Persons Aged 18 and Over, United States 2015
Table 1.9.1: Number of Musculoskeletal Diagnoses for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013	Table 1.9.2: Musculoskeletal Diagnoses as a Proportion of All Diagnoses for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013
Table 1.9.3: Musculoskeletal Diagnoses Prevalence for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013	Table 1.9.4: Number of Major Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Category Diagnoses for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013
Table 1.9.5: Major Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Category Diagnoses as a Proportion of All Diagnoses for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013	Table 1.9.6: Major Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Category Diagnoses Prevalence for Care Received, All Care Facilities, United States 2013

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