Table 1.
Number (weighted) and percent of CAM use for treatment and prevention among African-Americans who used CAM in the past 12 months, U.S., 2002.
| CAM past 12 months | CAM for treatment | CAM for prevention | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAM | Number | Number | %a | SE | Number | %a | SE |
| Overall CAM Use | 16,113,651 | 3,261,809 | 20.2 | (0.7) | 12,851,842 | 79.8 | (0.7) |
| Alternative-medical systems | |||||||
| Total | 326,079 | 251,367 | 77.1 | (3.8) | 74,712 | 22.9 | (3.8) |
| Acupuncture | 169,596 | 127,244 | 75.0 | (0.3) | 39,373 | 23.2 | (1.9) |
| Ayurveda | 15,388 | 15,388 | 100.0 | (----) | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Homeopathic | 138,217 | 106,384 | 77.0 | (7.7) | 31,833 | 23.0 | (7.7) |
| Naturopathy | 32,768 | 28,772 | 87.8 | (15.0) | 3996 | 12.2 | (15.0) |
| Biologically-based therapies | |||||||
| Total | 3,868,605 | 1,890,543 | 48.9 | (1.8) | 1,978,062 | 51.1 | (1.8) |
| Chelation | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a | ||
| Folk medicine | 27,141 | 21,259 | 78.3 | (----)b | 5,882 | 21.7 | (----)b |
| Herbal | 3,394,228 | 1,660,353 | 48.9 | (2.1) | 1,709,464 | 50.4 | (2.1) |
| Special diets | 519,904 | 210,011 | 40.4 | (2.7) | 309,893 | 59.6 | (2.7) |
| Megavitamins | 534,355 | 210,890 | 39.5 | (2.9) | 323,465 | 60.5 | (2.9) |
| Manipulative/body-based therapies | |||||||
| Total | 1,084,453 | 846,573 | 78.1 | (2.2) | 237,880 | 21.9 | (2.2) |
| Chiropractic | 662,284 | 624,498 | 94.3 | (0.7) | 37,786 | 5.7 | (0.7) |
| Massage | 570,894 | 303,875 | 53.2 | (3.1) | 267,019 | 46.8 | (3.1) |
| Mind-body therapy | |||||||
| Total | 15,378,457 | 1,212,532 | 7.9 | (0.5) | 14,165,925 | 92.1 | (0.5) |
| Biofeedback | 22,615 | 18,522 | 81.9 | (16.9) | 4093 | 18.1 | (16.9) |
| Relaxation | 3,239,705 | 752,095 | 23.2 | (1.4) | 2,470,666 | 76.3 | (1.4) |
| Hypnosisc | 40,097 | - | - | - | - | ||
| YTQd | 758,666 | 125,887 | 16.6 | (3.1) | 632,779 | 83.4 | (3.1) |
| Prayere | 635,210 | 421,165 | 66.3 | (2.6) | 211,838 | 33.3 | (2.6) |
| Energyf | 87,570 | 51,314 | 58.6 | (----)b | 36,256 | 41.4 | (----)b |
CAM- complementary and alternative medicine SE- standard error n/a- not applicable
a
Percent calculated from those who used CAM in the past 12 months
b
Standard error could not be calculated due to small sample size.
c
Respondents were not asked about use for a specific condition
d
Yoga/Tai Chi/Qi Gong
e
Question referred to healing ritual or sacrament
f
Energy Healing/Reiki
Note: When CAM for treatment and prevention do not add to 100 percent, the remaining respondents indicated “don’t know” or “refused. Reprinted with permission from Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine