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Table 1 Demographics

From: Complementary and alternative medicine use by visitors to rural Japanese family medicine clinics: results from the international complementary and alternative medicine survey

Variable

Frequency (%)

Site

 

Kikugawa

181 (34.9)

Mori-machi

173 (33.3)

Yuge

165 (31.8)

Gender

 

Male

151 (29.1)

Female

290 (55.9)

No answer

78 (15.0)

Rate health

 

Excellent

19 (3.7)

Good

112 (21.6)

Fair

241 (46.4)

Poor

65 (12.5)

No answer

82 (15.8)

Health problems

 

Musculoskeletal

211 (40.7)

Gastrointestinal

132 (25.4)

Mental and psychological

129 (24.9)

Pulmonary

123 (23.7)

Cardiovascular

94 (18.1)

Allergies

66 (12.7)

Gynecologic

57 (11.0)

Neurologic

56 (10.8)

Skin

48 (9.2)

Urologic

37 (7.1)

Chronic pain

32 (6.2)

Endocrine

28 (5.4)

Cancer

8 (1.5)

Kidney

6 (1.2)

Other

31 (6.0)

Number of health problems – Mean (SD)

2.04 (1.9)

Age – Mean (SD), n = 440

49.86 (16.5)