Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the demographics of patients presenting to the Victoria University Osteopathy Clinic in 2016–2017

Gender
Male	675 (41.9%)
Female	887 (54.9%)
Missing	52 (3.2%)
Age
Mean (±SD)	33.7 (±13.1) years
Median	29 years
Range	18–85 years
Stage
Acute	840 (52.0%)
Chronic	711 (41.1%)
Missing	63 (3.9%)
SEIFA classification
0-5th decile	380 (23.5%)
6th–7th decile	314 (19.4%)
8th–9th decile	621 (38.5%)
10th decile	269 (16.7%)
Missing	30 (1.9%)

SEIFA Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (1st decile = lowest socioeconomic area, 10th decile = highest socioeconomic area)