Table 5.
The 41 most common diagnostic groups among 156,224,266 traditional Chinese medicine visits from 1996 to 2001 in Taiwan
| Diseases diagnosis* | Number of visits | % |
| Other symptoms signs and ill-defined conditions | 16,707,192 | 10.7 |
| Other diseases of the digestive system | 15,636,624 | 10.0 |
| Acute sinusitis | 13,790,219 | 8.8 |
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 9,697,442 | 6.2 |
| Other dorsopathies | 9,593,900 | 6.1 |
| Other injuries | 8,265,712 | 5.3 |
| Derangements and other unspecified joint disorders | 6,219,704 | 4.0 |
| Asthma | 5,477,916 | 3.5 |
| Other superficial injury | 5,370,193 | 3.4 |
| Other acute respiratory infections | 4,741,441 | 3.0 |
| Other rheumatism excluding back | 4,702,518 | 3.0 |
| Chronic sinusitis | 4,553,347 | 2.9 |
| Disorders of menstruation and abnormal bleeding | 4,437,200 | 2.8 |
| Other inflammatory conditions of skin and subcutaneous tissue | 3,729,128 | 2.4 |
| Contusions with intact skin surfaces | 3,230,326 | 2.1 |
| Non-inflammatory disorders of female genital organs | 2,704,322 | 1.7 |
| Ulcer of stomach and small intestine | 2,181,074 | 1.4 |
| Other disorders of the nervous system | 2,063,541 | 1.3 |
| Other disorders of the urinary system | 1,786,787 | 1.1 |
| Cough | 1,723,945 | 1.1 |
| Lumbago | 1,524,536 | 1.0 |
| Other sprains and strains | 1,417,778 | 0.9 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 1,266,224 | 0.8 |
| Other arthropathies and related disorders | 1,167,430 | 0.7 |
| Myalgia and myositis unspecified | 1,167,300 | 0.7 |
| Other mental disorders | 1,127,697 | 0.7 |
| Abnormal heart sounds | 1,115,173 | 0.7 |
| Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis | 1,069,862 | 0.7 |
| Abdominal pain | 1,051,691 | 0.7 |
| Other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 1,039,678 | 0.7 |
| Chronic and unspecified bronchitis | 998,966 | 0.6 |
| Gastritis and duodenitis | 940,170 | 0.6 |
| Inflammatory disorders of female pelvic organs | 871,451 | 0.6 |
| Other diseases of the circulatory system | 844,021 | 0.5 |
| Headache | 825,747 | 0.5 |
| Other diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 817,140 | 0.5 |
| Other disorders of the eye and adnexa | 758,455 | 0.5 |
| Other infections and parasitic diseases | 746,719 | 0.5 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 740,528 | 0.5 |
| Other diseases of central nervous system | 731,867 | 0.5 |
* Only diseases with use frequency of traditional Chinese medicine greater than 0.5% are presented. Diagnostic groups were categorized according to the reclassification of the primary International Classification of Diseases diagnostic codes for use with National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey data in the United States.