Table 2

Incidence of neck pain among Finnish office workers in 1998–99 (cohort of the healthy subjects in 1998, n=180)

Radiating neck pain
Less than 8 days 
 (healthy)8 days or more 
 (cases)Total
Local neck painn%n%n%
Less than 8 days (healthy)11866261414480
8 days or more (cases)24131273620
Total142793821180100