Table 1 Ever use of CAM from 1987–2021 overall and for men and women. Percentages*
From: Trends in the use of complementary and alternative medicine between 1987 and 2021 in Denmark
1987 | 1994 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | 2017 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reflexology | 9.1 | 14.9 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 20.2 |
Men | 6.3 | 9.6 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
Women | 11.7 | 19.9 | 26.9 | 27.9 | 30.5 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.7 |
Acupuncture | 2.8 | 6.7 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 |
Men | 1.9 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 22.1 | 21,8 |
Women | 3.7 | 8.3 | 13.7 | 20.0 | 28.9 | 31.4 | 35.0 | 35.9 |
Faith healing and/or clairvoyance | 0.9 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
Men | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
Women | 1.3 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 13.2 |
Homeopathy | - | - | - | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
Men | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | |||
Women | 4.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7,9 | 8.2 | |||
Nutritional therapy | - | - | - | 2.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
Men | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | |||
Women | 3.5 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 9.1 | |||
Massage and other manipulative therapies | 5.3 | 9.2 | 15.5 | 21.5 | 34.3 | 34.7 | 37.0 | 41.2 |
Men | 4.9 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 17.5 | 28.8 | 28,5 | 31.4 | 33.9 |
Women | 5.6 | 10.4 | 18.2 | 25.2 | 39.7 | 40,8 | 42,4 | 48.1 |
Craniosacral therapy | - | - | - | 3.1 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
Men | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3,4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | |||
Women | 4.6 | 9.4 | 9,8 | 11.2 | 12.9 | |||
Biopathy, naturopathy | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
Men | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
Women | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |||
Kinesiology | - | - | - | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Men | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.0 | |||
Women | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.0 | |||
Phytoterapi | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
Men | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||||
Women | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||||
Other | 2.5 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Men | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Women | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
Total | 23.2 | 33.1 | 43.7 | 44.4 | 52.8 | 53.2 | 54.8 | 56.2 |