Table 2.
Bivariate Prevalence of Recent Use by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Category and Specific Complementary and Alternative Medicine Modality, By Race and Ethnicity, Young Adults Aged 18 to 27 Years, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 2001–2002a
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapy |
Total (%) |
White (%) |
Black (%) |
Asian (%) |
Mexican (%) |
Cuban (%) |
Puerto Rican (%) |
Central/South American (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternative medical systems | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| Traditional healersc | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Homeopathicd | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
| Acupuncture | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Biologically-based therapiesd | 15.6 | 15.8 | 11.1 | 18.2 | 18.7 | 23.5 | 20.0 | 23.6 |
| Herbsd | 11.4 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 15.4 | 11.2 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 13.7 |
| Vitamin therapyd | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 6.6 | 12.1 |
| Folk medicined | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Diets | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Manipulative and body-based therapiesd | 14.1 | 15.7 | 8.3 | 17.0 | 10.8 | 18.7 | 11.1 | 14.0 |
| Massaged | 9.5 | 10.2 | 6.1 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 10.7 |
| Chiropracticd | 7.0 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 11.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| Mind–body therapiesc | 8.2 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 8.0 |
| Relaxationb | 6.4 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 5.2 |
| Energy healing | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Support group | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Guided imageryd | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Biofeedback | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Hypnosis | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
a
n = 14 128. Percentages are weighted to US population estimates. Design-based Ftest for bivariate analysis.
b
P ≤ .05.
c
P ≤ .01.
d
P ≤ .001