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Table 1 Demographics

From: An assessment of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean people using an adapted version of the standardized international questionnaire (I-CAM-QK): a cross-sectional study of an internet survey

 

Number

%

Total Number (Male/Female)

1668

 

 Male / Female

831 / 837

49.8 / 50.2

Age (Male/Female)

 20’s Male / 20’s Female

205 / 210

12.3 / 12.6

 30’s Male / 30’s Female

210 / 217

12.6 / 13.0

 40’s Male / 40’s Female

209 / 210

12.6 / 12.6

 50~ 60’s Male / 50~ 60’s Female

207 / 200

12.4 / 12.0

Profession

 Agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining

16

1.0

 Productions

242

14.6

 Retails

86

5.2

 Civil engineering and construction, Real Estate, Building Services, Transportation, Warehouse Logistics related

181

10.9

 Communication industry, Software, Information processing, Other information service

105

6.3

 Electricity, Gas, Heat supply Water supply

26

1.6

 Finance, Insurance

39

2.3

 Food, Accommodation, Travel services

26

1.6

 Education, Learning support

155

9.3

 Welfare

32

1.9

 Housewife

281

16.8

 Student

158

9.5

 Unemployed

123

7.4

 Others

198

11.8

Final Education

 Middle school

15

0.9

 High school

321

19.2

 Special college

226

13.5

 University

965

57.9

 Graduate school

134

8.0

 Others

7

0.4

Health condition

 Very good

141

8.5

 Good

562

33.7

 Acceptable

708

42.4

 Bad

241

14.4

Long-term diseases and disorders

Yes

539

32.3

 Hypertension

140

26.0

 Stroke (cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, etc.)

12

2.2

 Heart disease

15

2.8

 Diabetes

54

10.0

 Dyslipidemia (hyperlipidemia)

54

10.0

 Respiratory illness

65

12.1

 Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastrointestinal, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, etc.)

139

25.8

 Kidney and urological diseases

43

8.0

 Musculoskeletal diseases (osteoporosis, arthropathy, back pain, etc.)

103

19.1

 Trauma (falls, fractures, etc.)

13

2.4

 Cancer (including blood cancer and sarcoma)

12

2.2

 Blood disease (other than tumor)

14

2.6

 Immune disease (such as collagen disease)

18

3.3

 Mental disorders such as depression / dementia

54

10.0

 Nose disease

94

17.4

 Eye disease

80

14.8

 Ear disease

39

7.2

 Skin disease

114

21.2

 Tooth disease

123

22.8

 Others

51

9.5

No

1129

67.7

Subscribing to private medical insurance

 Subscribe

1109

66.5

 Not subscribe

559

33.5