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10-Year Use Trends for Individual Non-Vitamin, Non-Mineral Natural Products

10-year use trends for individual non-vitamin, non-mineral natural products

Percent of All Adults Reporting Use of the Natural Product on the NHIS

YearMilk ThistleEGCG (Green Tea)GinkgoGinsengEchinaceaGlucosamine/ ChondrotinMelatoninProbiotics/ PrebioticsFish Oil/ omega 3
20022NANA44.67.62.8NANA2.2
200730.40.71.31.52.23.20.60.44.8
201240.40.60.70.70.92.61.31.67.8

NA: Not available.

2 Citation: Barnes P, Powell-Griner E, McFann K, Nahin R. CDC Advance Data Report #343. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States, 2002 (540K PDF*). May 27, 2004.

3 Citation: Barnes PM, Bloom B, Nahin R. CDC National Health Statistics Report #12. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 (360K PDF*). December 10, 2008.

4 Citation: Clarke TC, Black LI, Stussman BJ, Barnes PM, Nahin RL. Trends in the use of complementary health approaches among adults: United States, 2002–2012. National health statistics reports; no 79. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2015. (240KB PDF)

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