Age, chronic non-communicable disease and choice of traditional Chinese and western medicine outpatient services in a Chinese population

Table 1 Demographic and health-related factors of respondents

		%
Gender	Male	47.0
	Female	53.0
Education	Primary or below	27.6
	Secondary	54.0
	Tertiary	18.4
Possession of WM insurance	No	74.6
	Yes	25.4
Possession of TCM insurance	No	92.9
	Yes	7.1
Age group	15-19	7.3
	20-29	14.5
	30-39	18.3
	40-49	22.8
	50-59	16.8
	60-69	8.9
	70-79	8.0
	80 or above	3.5
Self reported NCD status	No	77.1
	Yes	22.9
Personal monthly income (US$1 = HK$7.8)	HK$0-3999	39.5
	HK$4000-7999	16.8
	HK$8000-12499	19.4
	HK$12499 or above	24.2

Key: NCD = non-communicable disease, WM = western medicine, TCM = traditional Chinese medicine

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