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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Sample

From: Use of complementary and alternative medicine by those with a chronic disease and the general population - results of a national population based survey

 

General Population

Asthma

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Migraine

N

400,055

35,455

22,432

2,555

39,797

Age (mean ± standard deviation)

45.4 ± 20.2

39.5 ± 19.2

62.9 ± 14.7

43 ± 17.7

41.1 ± 16.8

Female Gender (%, 95% CI)

50.7 (50.5-51.0)

58.9% (58.1-59.7)

46.9 (45.9-48.0)

50.9 (47.9-53.8)

71.4 (70.7-72.1)

Marital Status (%, 95% CI)

     

   • Married/Common Law

58.4 (58.2-58.6)

50.3% (49.5-51.1)

67.6 (66.7-68.6)

48.0 (45.0-50.9)

59.7 (58.9-60.4)

   • Widowed/Separated/Divorced

11.7 (11.6-11.8)

12.5% (12.0-12.9)

22.6 (21.8-23.4)

13.6 (11.8-15.4)

12.1 (11.6-12.5)

   • Single

29.9 (29.7-30.1)

37.2% (36.4-38.0)

9.8 (9.2-10.3)

38.4 (35.6-41.2)

28.2 (27.6-28.9)

Income Quintiles (household) (%, 95% CI)

     

   • Lowest

14.1% (13.9-14.3)

17.6% (17.0-18.2)

26.2% (25.3-27.1)

27.1% (24.4-29.7)

15.6% (15.1-16.1)

   • Low middle

17.2% (17.0-17.4)

17.3% (16.7-18.0)

21.7% (20.8-22.6)

18.4% (15.9-20.8)

16.6% (16.0-17.2)

   • Middle

21.3% (21.1-21.6)

20.5% (19.8-21.2)

18.6% (17.6-19.5)

17.7% (15.0-20.3)

21.2% (20.5-21.9)

   • Upper middle

23.2% (22.9-23.4)

22.0% (21.2-22.7)

13.8% (12.9-14.6)

16.9% (14.3-19.5)

23.3% (22.6-24.0)

   • Highest

24.2% (23.9-24.4)

22.6% (21.9-23.4)

19.7% (18.8-20.6)

20.0% (17.4-22.6)

23.3% (22.6-24.0)

Residence (%, 95% CI)

     

   • Urban

81.6% (81.5-81.8)

82.2% (81.7-82.8)

80.1% (79.4-80.8)

80.9% (78.8-83.1)

82.0% (81.5-82.5)

   • Rural

18.4% (18.2-18.5)

17.8% (17.2-18.3)

19.9% (19.2-20.6)

19.1% (16.9-21.2)

18.0% (17.5-18.5)

Highest Level of Education Completed (%, 95% CI)

     

   • Did not complete high school

26.6% (26.4-26.9)

32.4% (31.7-33.2)

38.5% (37.5-39.5)

38.4% (35.5-41.3)

24.4% (23.7-25.0)

   • Completed high school

17.3% (17.3-17.5)

15.4% (14.8-16.0)

15.8% (15.0-16.5)

18.5% (16.2-20.8)

17.7% (17.1-18.3)

   • Some post-secondary

8.3% (8.1-8.4)

9.3% (8.8-9.8)

5.9% (5.4-6.4)

8.1% (6.5-9.8)

8.9% (8.4-9.3)

   • Completed post-secondary

47.8% (47.5-48.0)

42.8% (42.0-43.6)

39.8% (38.8-40.9

35.0% (32.1-37.9)

49.1% (48.3-49.9)