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Table 1 Number of pediatric patients among acupuncture users from 2002 to 2011 in Taiwan

From: Trends in the utilization of acupuncture among children in Taiwan from 2002 to 2011: a nationwide population-based study

Year

Valid beneficiaries within NHIa

Subjects with acupuncture use

Total numbers (%)b

New subjects (%)c

Male (%)d

Female (%)d

Urbanizationâ–µ

level 1 (%)

level 2 (%)

level 3 (%)

level 4 (%)

2002

218,820

3900 (1.78)

2912 (74.7)

2311 (2.03)

1589 (1.51)

59,534 (2.02)

64,816 (1.68)

43,397 (1.84)

51,073 (1.57)

2003

203,557

3878 (1.91)

2652 (68.4)

2272 (2.15)

1606 (1.64)

55,292 (2.14)

60,334 (1.76)

40,362 (1.89)

47,569 (1.82)

2004

189,706

3967 (2.09)

2624 (66.1)

2401 (2.43)

1566 (1.72)

51,405 (2.26)

56,334 (2.11)

37,617 (2.05)

44,350 (1.90)

2005

176,813

3699 (2.09)

2271 (61.4)

2225 (2.41)

1474 (1.74)

47,901 (2.22)

52,499 (2.16)

35,089 (2.05)

41,324 (1.89)

2006

163,601

3411 (2.08)

2026 (59.4)

2052 (2.41)

1359 (1.73)

44,399 (2.27)

48,492 (2.11)

32,466 (2.09)

38,244 (1.85)

2007

149,957

3401 (2.27)

2046 (60.2)

2040 (2.61)

1361 (1.90)

40,640 (2.57)

44,415 (2.29)

29,789 (2.08)

35,113 (2.05)

2008

136,213

3542 (2.60)

2108 (59.5)

2203 (3.10)

1339 (2.05)

36,905 (2.89)

40,261 (2.69)

27,072 (2.47)

31,975 (2.26)

2009

122,450

4080 (3.33)

2499 (61.3)

2467 (3.87)

1613 (2.75)

33,195 (3.69)

36,181 (3.52)

24,283 (3.25)

28,791 (2.76)

2010

109,152

5253 (4.81)

3389 (64.5)

3114 (5.49)

2139 (4.08)

29,525 (5.76)

32,244 (4.90)

21,670 (4.70)

25,713 (3.60)

2011

95,361

5088 (5.34)

2933 (57.6)

3019 (6.09)

2069 (4.52)

25,832 (6.83)

28,118 (5.46)

18,961 (4.93)

22,450 (3.80)

2002–2011

40,219

25,460

24,104

16,115

12,427

12,011

7764

8017

  1. aValid beneficiaries within NHI refer to the pediatric patients randomly sampled as part of the 1 million beneficiaries from the LHID 2000. bTotal numbers of acupuncture users indicate total acupuncture users of the sampled pediatric enrollees. cNew subjects indicate the new pediatric patients who start to received acupuncture treatment for each year, while the percentage refers to the new acupuncture users out of total numbers of acupuncture users each year. d% of male/female acupuncture users describes the percentage of male/female acupuncture users out of all male/female beneficiaries (data not shown) each year. â–µ% of acupuncture users in the different urbanization levels means the percentage of acupuncture users out of all beneficiaries in each urbanized area (data not shown)