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Table 1 Prevalence of visits to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners during the last 12 months in 1997 and 2008 for males and females

From: Changes among male and female visitors to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a large adult Norwegian population from 1997 to 2008 (The HUNT studies)

Visited CAM practitioner in

Total

Male

Female

1997

(N = 41 734)

9.4% (9.1-9.6)

(N = 19 490)

6.1% (5.8-6.4)

(N = 22 244)

12.2% (11.8-12.7)

2008

(N = 50 713)

12.6% (12.3-12.9)

(N = 22 998)

8.3% (7.9-8.6)

(N = 27 715)

16.2% (15.7-16.6)