Table 5.
Practice specialties | Acupuncture | Aromatherapy | Ayurveda | Bowen therapy | Chinese herbal med. | Homeopathy | Kinesiology | Massage therapy | Myotherapy | Naturopathy | Nutrition | Reflexology | Western herbal medicine | Yoga | ||||||||||||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Australian Capital Territory | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 3.3 |
New South Wales | 23 | 24.0 | 10 | 16.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 8 | 16.3 | 19 | 38.0 | 23 | 44.2 | 9 | 23.1 | 93 | 20.8 | 10 | 14.5 | 61 | 30.2 | 40 | 36.4 | 14 | 13.7 | 35 | 36.8 | 8 | 26.7 |
Northern Territory | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.3 |
Queensland | 35 | 36.5 | 27 | 45.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 12 | 24.5 | 12 | 24.0 | 12 | 23.1 | 11 | 28.2 | 107 | 23.9 | 13 | 18.8 | 46 | 22.8 | 28 | 25.5 | 31 | 30.4 | 22 | 23.2 | 5 | 16.7 |
South Australia | 10 | 10.4 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.2 | 4 | 8.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 31 | 6.9 | 3 | 4.4 | 12 | 5.9 | 4 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.9 | 10 | 10.5 | 2 | 6.7 |
Tasmania | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 15 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 5 | 4.9 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 3.3 |
Victoria | 23 | 24.0 | 16 | 26.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 14 | 28.6 | 11 | 22.0 | 10 | 19.2 | 14 | 35.9 | 161 | 36.0 | 38 | 55.1 | 63 | 31.2 | 26 | 23.6 | 27 | 26.5 | 16 | 16.8 | 7 | 23.3 |
Western Australia | 5 | 5.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 12.2 | 3 | 6.0 | 4 | 7.7 | 4 | 10.3 | 36 | 8.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 16 | 7.9 | 8 | 7.3 | 20 | 19.6 | 7 | 7.4 | 6 | 20.0 |
Virtual | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Urban | 83 | 86.5 | 49 | 81.7 | 3 | 100.0 | 37 | 75.5 | 44 | 88.0 | 44 | 84.6 | 31 | 79.5 | 364 | 81.4 | 60 | 87.0 | 161 | 79.7 | 90 | 81.8 | 85 | 83.3 | 73 | 76.8 | 25 | 83.3 |
Rural | 16 | 16.7 | 13 | 21.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 26.5 | 10 | 20.0 | 11 | 21.2 | 11 | 28.2 | 108 | 24.2 | 14 | 20.3 | 49 | 24.3 | 20 | 18.2 | 24 | 23.5 | 18 | 19.0 | 6 | 20.0 |
Remote | 4 | 4.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 5.1 | 7 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 3.3 |
Very Remote | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.3 |