06.02.14
Analysis of the 2012 National Health Interview Survey by the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) found that 17.9% of U.S. adults used non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements, surpassing the use of any other approach to complementary health. In fact, the use of non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements was more than twice that of all other complementary health approaches, including chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, yoga, massage, meditation and special diets.
The report also observed that the use complementary approaches varied greatly by geographic region. Non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements, such as herbs and other non-vitamin dietary supplements in pills, capsules, tablets, or liquids (excluding minerals, homeopathic treatments and herbal or green teas) were most commonly used in the Mountain (28.7%), Pacific (23.3%) and West North Central (23.1%) regions of the U.S. The Middle Atlantic (13.6%), West South Central (13.6%) and South Atlantic (13.1%) regions had the lowest percentage of adults using non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements, while use in the East South Central (15.8%) and East North Central (19.5%) regions did not differ much from the percentage for the nation as a whole.
The next most popular complementary health practices included chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation (8.5%), yoga (8.4%) and massage (6.8%).
The report also observed that the use complementary approaches varied greatly by geographic region. Non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements, such as herbs and other non-vitamin dietary supplements in pills, capsules, tablets, or liquids (excluding minerals, homeopathic treatments and herbal or green teas) were most commonly used in the Mountain (28.7%), Pacific (23.3%) and West North Central (23.1%) regions of the U.S. The Middle Atlantic (13.6%), West South Central (13.6%) and South Atlantic (13.1%) regions had the lowest percentage of adults using non-vitamin, non-mineral dietary supplements, while use in the East South Central (15.8%) and East North Central (19.5%) regions did not differ much from the percentage for the nation as a whole.
The next most popular complementary health practices included chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation (8.5%), yoga (8.4%) and massage (6.8%).
