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Table 1 Demographics of COPCORD patients utilizing health care for back pain

From: Health-care access and utilization among individuals with low back pain in Iran: a WHO-ILAR COPCORD study

 

CM

AHP

CAM

Mean age (SD)

47.3 (15.91)

49.9 (14.95)

47.1 (16.03)

Gender

 Male, n

448

144

69

  %

26.4

27

29.4

 Female, n

1247

389

166

  %

73.6

73

70.6

Subtotal

1695

533

235

Ethnicity

 Fars

193

51

39

  %

11.4

9.6

16.7

 Kurd

1069

315

83

  %

63.1

59.1

35.5

 Balouch

145

38

38

  %

8.6

7.1

16.2

 Zoroastrian

274

126

69

  %

16.2

23.6

29.5

 Other

13

3

5

  %

0.7

0.6

2.1

Subtotal

1694

533

234

Marital status

 Single

174

44

29

  %

10.3

8.3

12.4

 Married

1353

433

181

  %

80

81.4

77.3

 Divorced/widowed

164

55

24

  %

9.7

10.3

10.3

Subtotal

1691

532

234

  1. The discrepancy in the subtotal rows is due to patients refusing to answer certain questions. CM Conventional medicine; AHP Allied health professional, CAM Complementary and alternative medicine