Table 5 Health problems encountered in Chinese and Western medicine22 settings across different age groups.
From: Morbidity pattern of traditional Chinese medicine primary care in the Hong Kong population
(%) | Paediatrics | Adolescents | Young adult | Adults | Elderly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CM n = 2562 | WM n = 4989 | CM n = 3156 | WM n = 3619 | CM n = 14510 | WM n = 23,393 | CM n = 20,772 | WM n = 20,913 | CM n = 14,303 | WM n = 15,082 | |
1 | Cough (23.9) | Upper respiratory tract illness (52.1) | Acne (9.6) | Upper respiratory tract illness (41.9) | Cough (9.3) | Upper respiratory tract illness (34.9) | Cough (10.8) | Upper respiratory tract illness (19.4) | Cough (13.9) | Hypertension (23.7) |
2 | Sneezing/nasal congestion (14.6) | Immunisation, acute bronchitis (6.0) | Cough (9.3) | Gastroenteritis (7.6) | Low back symptom/ complaint (6.1) | Gastroenteritis (6.0) | Low back symptoms/ complaints (7.1) | Hypertension (13.9) | Low back symptoms/ complaints (8.6) | Upper respiratory tract illness (10.8) |
3 | Allergic rhinitis (10.6) | Gastroenteritis (4.8) | Sneezing/nasal congestion (7.1) | Dermatitis (4.1) | Sneezing/nasal congestion (4.5) | Dermatitis (3.2) | Sleep disturbance (4.6) | Diabetes (6.0) | Vertigo/ dizziness (5.1) | Diabetes (8.9) |
4 | Rash localised (4.4) | Dermatitis (4.2) | Rash localised (6.3) | Allergic rhinitis (3.3) | Sleep disturbance (4.4) | Physical check-up (2.7) | Headache (4.5) | Lipid disorder (4.5) | Knee symptoms/ complaints (5.1) | Lipid disorder (5.0) |
5 | Dermatitis contact/allergic (3.5) | Influenza (2.6) | Throat symptoms (4.5) | Acute bronchitis (3.1) | Neck symptoms/ complaints (4.1) | Acute bronchitis (2.3) | Knee symptom/ complaint (3.5) | Gastroenteritis (2.5) | Paralysis/ weakness (4.6) | Osteoarthritis, cerebrovascular disease (2.4) |
6 | Rash generalised (3.4) | Allergic rhinitis (2.1) | Allergic rhinitis (4.1) | Influenza (3.0) | Headache (4.0) | Immunisation (2.0) | Neck symptom/ complaint (3.4) | Acute bronchitis, dermatitis (2.1) | Headache (3.4) | Dermatitis (1.9) |
7 | Fever (3.1) | Asthma (1.6) | Ankle symptoms/ complaint (3.5) | Immunisation (2.5) | Throat symptom/ complaint (3.9) | Allergic rhinitis (1.6) | Shoulder symptom/complaint (3.4) | Physical check-up (1.9) | Neurological disease other (3.4) | Gout (1.8) |
8 | Pruritus (2.7) | Acute tonsillitis, infectious conjunctivitis (1.3) | Pruritus (3.0) | Acne (2.1) | Allergic rhinitis (3.4) | Abdominal pain (1.5) | Throat symptoms (3.3) | Dyspepsia (1.5) | Sleep disturbance (3.0) | Ischemic heart disease (1.7) |
9 | Psychological disorders (2.3) | Acute otitis media, skin infection, chickenpox, abdominal pain, cough (0.7) | Headache (2.7) | Acute tonsillitis (1.6) | Rash localised (2.8) | Influenza, hypertension (1.4) | Vertigo/dizziness (3.2) | Immunisation, abdominal pain (1.2) | Swollen ankles/oedema (2.4) | Acute bronchitis (1.6) |
10 | Throat symptoms (2.3) | Blepharitis/stye/ chalazion, other viral rash/disease, urticaria (0.6) | Sleep disturbance (2.7) | Abdominal pain (1.5) | Menstruation absent/ scanty (2.6) | Dyspepsia, acute tonsillitis (1.2) | Sneezing/nasal Congestion (2.8) | Anxiety, test results (1.1) | Shoulder symptoms/complaint (2.2) | Benign prostatic hypertrophy (1.4) |
