H Eskandari - Associate professor
S Kohan - Instructor
M.R Aflatonian
Y Nikiyan - Assistant professor

The prevalence of low back pain(BPP) ios high.in this study the prevalence of low back pain(LBP) was determined in Kerman province:for this purpose  ۱۰۰۰ subjects were selected by systematic random sampling.the data were collected by using a questionnaire and face to face interview.as pain is a subjective phenomena,the self-report of LBP was the criteria for pain or absence of pain.for data analysis,Ttest was used for Number of pregnancies and X test for other variabilites.results indicated that prevalence of LBP was ۴۲% in the target populotion.the subjects were in the age of ۱۵-۶۵ year LBP was most common among those who were in the age of ۵۶-۶۵ year,(۷۵%), and in females(۴۹.۱%) was more than male,(۳۴%). unmarried individuals had the lowest prevalence (۱۵.۵%) and in respect job,high prevalence was in workers (۶۰%) and housewives (۵۴.۲%).۷۱.۵% of the cases with LBP had no education,and ۵۳% had low education.also prevalence of LBP in jobs that needed standing positive was higher (۵۰%) than jobs requiering sitting position and other position(۴۵%).the results indicated that prevalence of LBP was ۴۷% higher in inviduals that lifted objects incorrectly,there was a significant correlation between LBP and number of labor(p<۰.۰۰۱).

low back pain prevalence, demigraphic factors