Table 1 Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and basic background information of 34,919 participants

N

23,456

9650

1813

 40 to 64 years

15,210 (64.8)

5713 (59.2)^a

1077 (59.4)^ab

 65 to 74 years

5165 (22.0)

2266 (23.5)

440 (24.3)

 75 to 89 years

3081 (13.1)

1671 (17.3)^a

296 (16.3)^a

 Male

11,690 (49.8)

4375 (45.3)^a

698 (38.5)^ab

 Female

11,766 (50.2)

5275 (54.7)^a

1115 (61.5)^ab

 Hypertension

10,358 (44.2)

5146 (53.3)^a

988 (54.5)^a

 Diabetes

4551 (19.4)

2325 (24.1)^a

453 (25.0)^a

 Dyslipidemia

8734 (37.2)

4486 (46.5)^a

890 (49.1)^a

 Junior high school or less

5823 (24.8)

2853 (29.6)^a

455 (25.1)^b

 High school

12,079 (51.5)

4773 (49.5)

917 (50.6)

 Colleges/university or higher

5554 (23.7)

2024 (21.0)

441 (24.3)^b

 Tsunami

4603 (19.6)

2294 (23.8)^a

473 (26.1)^a

 Indirect nuclear power plant accident

11,754 (50.1)

5743 (59.5)^a

1198 (66.1)^ab

 None

6296 (26.8)

2078 (21.5)^a

311 (17.2)^ab

 Partly destroyed

13,811 (58.9)

5852 (60.6)

1109 (61.2)

 Half or more destroyed

3349 (14.3)

1720 (17.8)^a

393 (21.7)^a

 No

19,298 (82.3)

7362 (76.3)^a

1286 (70.9)^ab

 Yes

4158 (17.7)

2288 (23.7)^a

527 (29.1)^ab

 Low back pain only

–

4779 (49.5)

685 (37.8)^b

 Limb pain only

–

2124 (22.0)

319 (17.6)^b

 Both

–

2747 (28.5)

809 (44.6)^b