Characteristics of Back Pain Patients Who Did and Did Not Use CAM Services During 2017/2018

	CAM (N = 49,231)	No CAM (N = 102,842)
Age group—N (%)
19–26	6223 (12.6)	16,164 (15.7)
27–34	10,929 (22.2)	21,622 (21.0)
35–49	16,999 (34.5)	33,526 (32.6)
50–64	15,080 (30.6)	31,530 (30.7)
Gender (female)—N (%)	32,505 (66.0)	61,421 (59.7)
Race/ethnicity—N (%)
White	35,861 (72.8)	73,565 (71.5)
Hispanic	2961 (6.0)	7707 (7.5)
Black	1521 (3.1)	4421 (4.3)
Asian/HI/PI	1182 (2.4)	2358 (2.3)
AIAN	708 (1.4)	1793 (1.7)
Other/unknown	6998 (14.2)	12,998 (12.6)
Primary spoken language—N (%)
English	46,650 (94.8)	96,824 (94.1)
Spanish	963 (2.0)	2842 (2.8)
Other	1618 (3.3)	3176 (3.1)
Place of residence—N (%)
Urban	31,036 (63.0)	59,445 (57.8)
Rural	18,195 (37.0)	43,397 (42.2)
History of health conditions—N (%)
Psychiatric	20,401 (41.4)	36,440 (35.4)
Skeletal and connective	19,132 (38.9)	28,979 (28.2)
Cardiovascular	13,987 (28.4)	30,775 (29.9)
Gastrointestinal	10,224 (20.8)	20,633 (20.1)
Pulmonary	7125 (14.5)	17,070 (16.6)
Nervous system	6121 (12.4)	11,202 (10.9)
Diabetes	5507 (11.2)	11,451 (11.1)
Renal	3964 (8.1)	7027 (6.8)
Metabolic	3571 (7.3)	7644 (7.4)
Genital	3492 (7.1)	6160 (6.0)
Pregnancy	3329 (6.8)	6685 (6.5)
Other infectious disease	2640 (5.4)	7153 (7.0)
Skin	2246 (4.6)	5473 (5.3)
Eye	1646 (3.3)	2824 (2.7)
Hematological	966 (2.0)	2303 (2.2)
Cerebrovascular	213 (0.4)	551 (0.5)
HIV/AIDs	216 (0.4)	506 (0.5)
Developmental disability	141 (0.3)	386 (0.4)

CAM services include acupuncture, osteopathic, chiropractic, PT/OT, and massage

Table 3.