Consumer Use of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Statistics

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Consumer Use of Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Statistics

Read about consumers’ use of complementary and alternative medicine. Results and statistics from over 27,000 in-person interviews during 2017 about people’s use of alternative medicine such as yoga (over 14%), meditation, and chiropractors. Shows growth from 2012. Older surveys may address echinacea, fish oil, glucosamine, homeopathic treatment, naturopathy and more. In the 2007 survey, about 38% of adults overall used some form of CAM (50% for American Indian/ Alaska Native). Over 17% of US adults used CAM for a back pain problem. Published by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Updates every 5 years. (No updates as of February 2023.)