Ethnomedicine in healthcare systems of the world: a Semester at Sea pilot survey in 11 countries

Figures & data

Table 1. Age demographics of survey participants by country

Country	0–19 Years	20–29 Years	30–39 Years	40–49 Years	50 + Years	Non-disclosure
Cambodia	0	6	7	2	1	0
	0%	37%	44%	12%	6%	0%
China	5	41	3	3	5	0
	9%	72%	5%	5%	9%	0%
Croatia	2	16	7	1	8	0
	6%	46%	21%	3%	24%	0%
Egypt	7	20	27	20	11	1
	8%	24%	32%	24%	12%	1%
Hong Kong	1	5	1	0	1	0
	13%	61%	13%	0%	13%	0%
India	5	21	24	18	20	0
	6%	24%	27%	20%	23%	0%
Japan	4	4	3	4	3	1
	21%	21%	16%	21%	16%	5%
Spain	4	11	10	2	6	0
	12%	33%	30%	6%	19%	0%
Thailand	4	10	14	3	1	1
	11%	31%	43%	9%	3%	3%
Turkey	1	15	14	7	9	1
	2%	32%	30%	15%	19%	2%
Vietnam	3	14	16	2	1	3
	8%	36%	41%	5%	2%	8%

Table 2. Gender demographics of survey participants by country

Country	Male	Female	Total	Male (%)	Female (%)
Cambodia	11	5	16	69	31
China	31	27	58	53	47
Croatia	18	16	34	53	47
Egypt	60	25	85	71	29
Hong Kong	5	3	8	62	38
India	53	35	88	60	40
Japan	7	11	18	39	61
Spain	14	20	34	41	59
Thailand	21	10	32	66	31
Turkey	34	13	47	72	28
Vietnam	24	15	39	62	38

Note: One transgender individual represented the remaining 3% of Thailand's population.

Table 3. Quantitative data from surveys of participants seeking specific treatment by percentage of total participant population in each country

Country	Hospital (%)	Clinic (%)	Herbal therapy (%)	Acupuncture (%)	Pharmacy/self medicate (%)	Other alternative (%)	Never sick (%)	No treatment (%)
Cambodia	31	19	25	0	12	6	19	0
China	36	9	24	12	7	9	10	0
Croatia	53	24	6	0	24	0	3	0
Egypt	39	12	9	–	9	5	33	1
Hong Kong	75	12	0	12	0	0	0	0
India	36	25	20	3	3	2	11	2
Japan	39	28	22	0	5.6	0	17	0
Spain	41	18	9	0	9	0	21	0
Thailand	34	16	6	3	16	6	22	0
Turkey	47	21	26	6	16	4	9	0
Vietnam	44	18	15	3	18	8	3	0