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Table 2 Prevalence of facial palsy and patient demographic features according to Korean traditional medicine services used

From: Analysis of medical services provided to patients with peripheral facial palsy in Korea: a descriptive, cross-sectional study of the health insurance review and assessment service national patient sample database

 

Prevalencea

Total

KM users

WM users

Users of both

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

326

2608

1114

1068

Sex

 Male

262

848

32.5

484

43.5

545

51.0

 Female

388

1760

67.5

630

56.6

523

49.0

Age

  < 20

44

40

1.5

48

4.3

44

4.1

 20–29

128

88

3.4

78

7.0

71

6.7

 30–39

220

196

7.5

139

12.5

135

12.6

 40–49

304

359

13.8

185

16.6

197

18.5

 50–59

501

704

27.0

239

21.5

255

23.9

 60–69

687

600

23.0

229

20.6

206

19.3

  ≥ 70

729

621

23.8

196

17.6

160

15.0

  1. KM Korean traditional medicine, WM Western medicine
  2. aPrevalence: Prevalence per 100,000 individuals. Number of samples in the 2016 National Patient Sample is 1,468,033. Prevalence per 100,000 individuals was calculated as (Total number)*100,000/1,468,033