Table 5 The 41 most common diagnostic groups among 156,224,266 traditional Chinese medicine visits from 1996 to 2001 in Taiwan
From: Use frequency of traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan
Diseases diagnosis* | Number of visits | % |
|---|---|---|
Other symptoms signs and ill-defined conditions | 16,707,192 | 10.7 |
Other diseases of the digestive system | 15,636,624 | 10.0 |
Acute sinusitis | 13,790,219 | 8.8 |
Other diseases of the respiratory system | 9,697,442 | 6.2 |
Other dorsopathies | 9,593,900 | 6.1 |
Other injuries | 8,265,712 | 5.3 |
Derangements and other unspecified joint disorders | 6,219,704 | 4.0 |
Asthma | 5,477,916 | 3.5 |
Other superficial injury | 5,370,193 | 3.4 |
Other acute respiratory infections | 4,741,441 | 3.0 |
Other rheumatism excluding back | 4,702,518 | 3.0 |
Chronic sinusitis | 4,553,347 | 2.9 |
Disorders of menstruation and abnormal bleeding | 4,437,200 | 2.8 |
Other inflammatory conditions of skin and subcutaneous tissue | 3,729,128 | 2.4 |
Contusions with intact skin surfaces | 3,230,326 | 2.1 |
Non-inflammatory disorders of female genital organs | 2,704,322 | 1.7 |
Ulcer of stomach and small intestine | 2,181,074 | 1.4 |
Other disorders of the nervous system | 2,063,541 | 1.3 |
Other disorders of the urinary system | 1,786,787 | 1.1 |
Cough | 1,723,945 | 1.1 |
Lumbago | 1,524,536 | 1.0 |
Other sprains and strains | 1,417,778 | 0.9 |
Allergic rhinitis | 1,266,224 | 0.8 |
Other arthropathies and related disorders | 1,167,430 | 0.7 |
Myalgia and myositis unspecified | 1,167,300 | 0.7 |
Other mental disorders | 1,127,697 | 0.7 |
Abnormal heart sounds | 1,115,173 | 0.7 |
Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis | 1,069,862 | 0.7 |
Abdominal pain | 1,051,691 | 0.7 |
Other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 1,039,678 | 0.7 |
Chronic and unspecified bronchitis | 998,966 | 0.6 |
Gastritis and duodenitis | 940,170 | 0.6 |
Inflammatory disorders of female pelvic organs | 871,451 | 0.6 |
Other diseases of the circulatory system | 844,021 | 0.5 |
Headache | 825,747 | 0.5 |
Other diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 817,140 | 0.5 |
Other disorders of the eye and adnexa | 758,455 | 0.5 |
Other infections and parasitic diseases | 746,719 | 0.5 |
Diabetes mellitus | 740,528 | 0.5 |
Other diseases of central nervous system | 731,867 | 0.5 |