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Table 2 Percentage of those who usually go to an alternative (folk) medicine practitioner for treatment by symptom and country
| Symptom* | Armenia | Belarus | Georgia | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Moldova | Russia | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headache | 0.7 (0.3-1.1) | 0.5 (0.2-0.9) | 0.3 (0.0-0.6) | 1.3 (0.8-1.8) | 3.0 (2.2-3.8) | 1.6 (1.0-2.2) | 0.8 (0.5-1.1) | 0.9 (0.5-1.2) |
| Chest pain | 0.5 (0.1-1.0) | 0.8 (0.3-1.3) | 1.5 (0.7-2.3) | 2.7 (1.7-3.7) | 3.4 (2.4-4.4) | 4.8 (3.6-6.0) | 0.9 (0.6-1.3) | 1.6 (0.9-2.2) |
| Bad cough | 1.0 (0.4-1.5) | 1.5 (1.0-2.1) | 1.8 (0.9-2.7) | 1.3 (0.8-1.9) | 5.1 (4.1-6.2) | 5.5 (4.4-6.7) | 0.9 (0.6-1.3) | 1.8 (1.2-2.3) |
| Breathlessness | 0.9 (0.1-1.6) | 1.4 (0.5-2.3) | 3.8 (1.8-5.8) | 2.4 (1.1-3.6) | 6.2 (4.8-7.6) | 3.4 (2.0-4.9) | 0.8 (0.3-1.3) | 1.4 (0.7-2.1) |
| Unusual lump under the skin | 1.9 (0.0-4.0) | 3.6 (1.6-5.7) | 2.8 (0.1-5.5) | 8.5 (5.2-11.7) | 5.2 (3.8-6.6) | 11.0 (8.2-13.7) | 1.5 (0.5-2.5) | 3.0 (1.3-4.8) |
| Warts | 10.8 (6.3-15.2) | 14.2 (11.3-17.1) | 11.0 (6.5-15.5) | 18.8 (15.4-22.2) | 18.7 (16.4-21.0) | 19.1 (15.8-22.4) | 10.8 (8.9-12.8) | 15.0 (12.1-17.9) |
| Vomiting | 1.0 (0.2-1.8) | 0.8 (0.3-1.3) | 0.6 (0.0-1.2) | 0.8 (0.3-1.4) | 6.8 (5.5-8.1) | 3.6 (2.5-4.7) | 1.0 (0.6-1.5) | 1.2 (0.6-1.8) |
| Fever (≥3 days) | 1.0 (0.4-1.5) | 0.6 (0.2-0.9) | 1.1 (0.5-1.7) | 1.1 (0.5-1.6) | 4.5 (3.5-5.5) | 2.7 (1.9-3.6) | 0.4 (0.2-0.7) | 1.5 (1.0-2.1) |
| Abdominal pain | 3.5 (2.2-4.8) | 0.9 (0.4-1.5) | 0.8 (0.2-1.4) | 2.2 (1.2-3.1) | 5.6 (4.5-6.8) | 4.0 (2.9-5.1) | 0.7 (0.4-1.1) | 2.0 (1.3-2.7) |
| Diarrhoea | 1.1 (0.5-1.8) | 0.9 (0.4-1.4) | 0.1 (0.0-0.3) | 1.0 (0.5-1.5) | 4.4 (3.4-5.4) | 4.1 (2.9-5.2) | 0.6 (0.3-0.9) | 1.7 (1.1-2.3) |
