Thursday, February 26, 2009

In the United States, are men more likely to use complementary and alternative therapies than women?

The most comprehensive and reliable findings to date on Americans' use of CAM were released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). They came from the 2002 edition of the NCHS's National Health Interview Survey, an annual study in which tens of thousands of Americans are interviewed about their health-related and illness-related experiences. The 2002 edition included detailed questions on CAM. It was completed by 31,044 adults aged 18 years or older from the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population. According to the results of that survey, some people are more likely than others to use CAM. Overall, CAM is used more by:
Women than men.
People with higher educational levels.
People who have been hospitalized in the past year.
Former smokers, compared with current smokers or those who have never smoked.

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