Table 7.
Number of visits and percentage distribution of diseases categories for traditional Chinese medicine visits by gender, 1996–2001, in Taiwan
| Major disease category | Female | Male |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 22486766 (24.7%) | 19229835 (28.6%) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 14591874 (16.0%) | 10960835 (16.3%) |
| Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions | 13117731 (14.4%) | 8962408 (13.4%) |
| Injury and poisoning | 10681063 (11.7%) | 9549648 (14.2%) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 10358168 (11.4%) | 9254229 (13.8%) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 9637077 (10.6%) | 1470300 (2.2%) |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 3012960 (3.3%) | 2021566 (3.0%) |
| Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs | 2987998 (3.3%) | 1973514 (2.9%) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 1609018 (1.8%) | 1496484 (2.2%) |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and immunological disorders | 934956 (1.0%) | 954273 (1.4%) |
| Total | 91204278 | 67149765 |