The purpose of this study was to investigate the general features of low back pain occurred in daily life. The study subjects were low back pain patients treated with physical therapy at general hospitals located in Gyeonggi-do from August 2, 2000 to march 4, 2002. Total number of distributed questionnaires were 750, and 630 questionnaires were collected and 571 questionnaires were collected analysed finally. The results were follows: 1. Regardless of gender, in the duration of low back pain, from 12 month to 35 month showed the highest rate, 34.1% of answerers. 2. Regardless of gender, in the season of incidence of low back pain, winter showed the highest rate, 33.8% of answerers. 3. Regardless of gender, in the time of incidence of low back pain in a day, after daily work showed the highest rate, 32.5% of answerers. 4. Regardless of gender, in the position of incidence of low back pain, from bending the body to straighten the body showed the highest rate, 32.5% of answerers. 5. Regardless of gender, 49.6% of low back pain patients answered that want to hospital for treatment 6. Regardless of gender, 97.5% of patients is answered that want to be physical therapy. 7. In the question of the effects for physical therapy, 92.2% of patients is answered that was effective.